2. Lecture 3 - overview
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• Management Decision Making:
Budgeting and Cash Management
1.explain what a budget is and describe the key steps in the
budgeting process
2.explain the different types of budgets
3.prepare a schedule of receipts from accounts receivable and a
cash budget
4.explain the use of budgeting in planning and control
5.debt management – method of finance
6.loan repayment schedule
3. Strategic planning concerns longer term
planning (typically, 3-5 years)
It is usually carried out by senior management
Budgeting is a process that focuses on the short
term, commonly one year, and results in the
production of budgets that set the financial
framework for that period
Budgets operationalise strategic plans and allow
operational areas to understand how their area
contributes to the entity’s strategic objectives
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4. Budgets continuedA budget is the quantitative expression of an
entity’s plans
Budgeting can assist in decision making by:
putting into operation longer term plans
Assessing the feasibility of strategic plans
setting targets for managers
identifying resource constraints in budget period
identifying periods of expected cash shortages and excess cash holdings
assisting with short-term planning decisions, such as capacity utilisation
providing profit forecasts and other financial data to the capital markets
forecasting data such as sales or fees, which commonly set the level of activity for
the budget period
helping determine required inventory levels and purchasing requirements for raw
materials
planning labour and other inputs
determining the ability of the entity to meet financing commitments
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5. 1. Consideration of past performance
2. Assessment of expected trading and operating
conditions
3. Preparation of initial budget estimates
4. Adjustment to estimates based on communication
with, and feedback from, managers
5. Preparation of budgeted reports and sub-budgets
6. Monitoring of actual performance against the
budget over the budget period
7. Making any necessary adjustments to the budget
during the budget period
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7. The cash budget is a statement of expected future
cash receipts and payments
It assists decision making by:
documenting timing of all cash receipts and payments
helping to identify periods of expected cash shortages and surpluses
identifying suitable times for purchase of non-current assets
assisting with planning and use of borrowed funds
providing a framework for ‘what if’ analysis
For an entity that provides goods or services on
credit, one of the main tasks in the preparation of a
cash budget is calculating the cash receipts from
the credit sales or fees generated
This is commonly shown in a schedule of receipts
from debtors/accounts receivable
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To illustrate the calculations in the schedule, if we take the
December sales of $303 000:
•50% will be received in the month following the sale (January);
•40% in the second month (February); and
•the final 10% in the third month (March).
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9. The preparation of the cash budget is an important part of
the planning process
It can then be used for monitoring cash performance, also
known as the control process
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10. A cash budget prepared on a month-
by-month basis is much more useful
for planning and control than one
prepared on a quarterly or yearly
basis
As each month passes, actual cash
numbers can be compared to the
budget numbers, with the difference
between the two known as a variance
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11. A favourable variance (‘F’) will occur
when actual revenues are larger than
budgeted, or actual costs are lower
than budgeted.
An unfavourable variance (‘U’) will
arise when the actual revenue is less
than budgeted, or actual costs are
greater than budgeted
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12. Improving cash flow
Cash inflow may be increased by:
improving the collections of cash from debtors
seeking ways to improve sales or fees
reducing unnecessary stock levels
arranging external finance
providing an extra capital contribution from the owners, or
considering a change in ownership structure
selling excess non-current assets
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13. Cash outflow may be reduced by:
cutting expenses by identifying areas of waste, duplication or
inefficiency
making use of creditors’ terms
keeping inventory levels to only what is required, as excess
inventory ties up cash and often adds to storage and handling
costs
deferring capital expenditures
Reducing carbon footprint
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14. 1. Equity Financing
Additional investment from owners.
Sole Trader: Owner contributes more money.
Partnership: Partners contribute more money
and/or admit a new partner(s).
Company: Issue more shares.
2. Debt Financing
Borrowing money.
Increases the level of financial risk.
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15. The risk of defaulting on an interest payment.
The more funds that are borrowed, the greater the
financial risk.
Loans
Risk of
Default
Risk of
Failure
Interest
Payments
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16. Each loan repayment will be the same
therefore the following equation can be used:
PV = NCFi]n
Where:
NCF: Loan Repayment
i: Interest calculated each compounding
period.
n: Number of repayments throughout life
of loan/investment.
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19. Practice Question 1
Edward wants to buy a new car. He will need to borrow
$20,000. The best interest rate Edward can get from the
bank is 8%pa and he wants to repay the loan in ten years. If
repayments are made annually, what is the amount of each
repayment?
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20. Solution
PV = $20,000
i = 8% pa
N = 10
PV = NCFi]n
20,000 = NCF (T2,8%,10)
Referring to Table 2 (annuity table)
(T2, 8%. 10) = 6.710
NCF = 20,000 / 6.710
Yearly repayment = $2,981 (rounded to nearest whole $)
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21. Practice Question 2
If Edward makes quarterly repayments, what is the amount
of each repayment?
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22. Solution
PV = $20,000
i = 2% per quarter
N = 40
PV = NCFi]n
20,000 = NCF (T2,2%,40)
Referring to Table 2 (annuity table)
(T2, 2%, 40) = 27.355
NCF = 20,000 / 27.355
Quarterly repayment = $731 (rounded to nearest whole $)
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24. Next week …
Financing the Investments
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Editor's Notes
The way in which the strategic planning process is conducted depends upon a range of issues, including the industry and culture of the entity.
For example, larger entities will use a rather formal process, while more creative or smaller entities may opt for a less formal process.
Nevertheless, the outcomes from the process are the strategic plans of the entity, and these will guide shorter term planning such as budgeting.
The nature of the entity will determine the type of budget that might be prepared but, as a minimum, we would expect to see the financial statements that have been covered in chapters 5, 6 and 7 prepared in budgeted form.
Budgeting process is a process involving evaluating past performance, assessing and incorporating expectations, preparing estimates, and monitoring and adjusting budgets as required by changing circumstances.
The budgeting process will commonly involve a series of steps,
throughout the process, communication with managers who are affected by the budgets should occur.
These managers are commonly responsible for a segment of the entity, such as a division, a department or a branch.
These segments may be referred to as responsibility centres, and may form part of the entity structure.
The nature of the entity will determine the type of budgets prepared. This slides lists budgets that are commonly prepared.
Sales (or fees) budget —sets expected levels of activity.
Operating (expense) budget — often departmental expense budgets.
Production and inventory budgets (for manufacturing entities). There would most likely be sub-budgets relating to direct materials, direct labour (if any) and indirect costs etc.
Purchases budget, sets the required purchases of inventory or direct materials based on sales budget (and possibly the production/inventory budgets).
Budgeted income statement an aggregation of the other sub-budgets such as sales budget and operating expenses budget .
Cash budget — a statement of expected future cash receipts and cash payments.
Budgeted balance sheet (assets and liabilities at end of period) and
Capital budgets — focuses on expenditure relating to long-term investments.
Manufacturing overhead budget which focuses on estimating the overheads or expenses associated with production activities.
Program budget — a budget form commonly used in the government and not-for-profit sector, where the focus is on costs associated with a specific program.
A cash budget prepared on a month-by-month basis over the budget period is preferable, as it provides more timely information and enables closer monitoring of the cash position.
This slide shows an example of a schedule of receipts from debtors/accounts receivable
i.e. A schedule calculating the cash receipts from credit sales or fees generated
To illustrate the calculations in the schedule, if we take the December sales of $303 000:
50% will be received in the month following the sale (January);
40% in the second month (February); and
the final 10% in the third month (March).
Determining the underlying reasons for a budget variance is not a straightforward exercise.
For example: a favourable cost variance could be obtained by an efficient use of resources, or by the use of lower quality, low-cost resources.
Each organisation determines the level of variance that it will tolerate. Any such variance will provide the necessary feedback to inform future actions, and may require a revision of the budget
The cash budget identifies periods of expected cash shortages
In such situations, corrective action can restore the cash position
improving the collections of cash from debtors — perhaps the entity needs to review its invoicing and follow-up procedures, offer incentives for prompt payment or charge interest on overdue accounts
reducing unnecessary stock levels — discounting obsolete stock will generate cash
selling excess non-current assets — a sale and leaseback arrangement may be more suitable.
• making use of creditors’ terms — where purchases are made on credit, there is some benefit in using the full extent of the credit terms
• keeping inventory levels to only what is required, as excess inventory ties up cash and often adds to storage and handling costs
• deferring capital expenditures — it may be necessary to delay the acquisition of any non-current assets.