Collaborated with Head Finance Officer to develop long - range
plans budgets forecasts and tracking metrics to assist in evaluating financial key indicators
Not exact matches
Often, but not always, forward - looking statements can be identified by the use of words and phrases such as «
plans,» «expects,» «is expected,» «
budget,» «scheduled,» «estimates,» «
forecasts,» «intends,» «anticipates,» or «believes» or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results «may,» «could,» «would,» «might» or «will» be taken, occur or be achieved.
A number of packages also provide insight tools to make light work of
forecasting, valuation, future
budget planning, VAT returns and payroll analysis.
However, the party excludes this entirely from their balanced
budget plan, which starts with the 2014 Liberal
budget as a baseline for their
forecast revenue:
Without a solid
plan that includes a
budget,
forecast and goals, it's difficult to increase sales and revenue over time.
It is packed with accessible action
plans for everything from tightening cash controls to establishing
budgets and
forecasting sales.
Don't drive yourself crazy trying to automatically do
plan versus actual on every item in every
budget and
forecast if you don't have tools that make it easy.
The
forecast also reflects the ongoing impacts of measures announced in the 2012
Budget to freeze the Business Education Tax reduction
plan.
From all three perspectives addressed in the review, Drummond concluded that «the Ontario Ministry of Finance revenue
forecast is a sound basis for
budget planning.»
The inadequate level of «risk adjustment» in the
forecast seriously undermines the «credibility» of the latest fiscal update as a basis for
budget planning.
The inadequate level of «risk adjustment» in the
forecast seriously undermines the «credibility» of the latest fiscal update as a basis for
budget planning and the ability to claim a budgetary surplus over the medium term.
We should also have been given the
forecast of the Department of Finance and justification for not using it as the basis for
budget planning instead of an «average».
As we have argued before (Time to Make the
Budget Planning Process More Accountable, Transparent and Prudent — November 2010 www.3dpolicy.ca), we would strongly recommend that you use the Department of Finance's economic forecast rather than average of private sector forecasts, arguing that the Department's economic forecasts provide the most accurate basis for budget foreca
Budget Planning Process More Accountable, Transparent and Prudent — November 2010 www.3dpolicy.ca), we would strongly recommend that you use the Department of Finance's economic
forecast rather than average of private sector
forecasts, arguing that the Department's economic
forecasts provide the most accurate basis for
budget foreca
budget forecasting.
As a result, compared to the March 2012
Budget planning assumption, the level of nominal GDP is $ 9 billion lower in 2012 — this consists of a «risk adjustment factor» of $ 7 billion and the difference between the change in the private sector average
forecast of $ 22 billion less the March 2012
Budget «risk adjustment factor» of $ 20 billion.
For example, the moving average consists of a
forecast of nominal GDP for the first year (t) of the
budget plan, an estimate for the previous year (t - 1) and a preliminary estimate by Statistics Canada for the first year of the moving average (t - 2).
The Update incorporates the October average private sector economic
forecasts and an increased «adjustment for risk» for 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, as well as an increase in employment insurance rates of only 5 cents (employee rate) for 2012, rather than the 10 cents set in legislation As a result, the balanced
budget target is delayed from 2014 - 15 to 2016 - 17, prior to the inclusion of the Targeted Strategic and Operating Review Savings (now called «Deficit Reduction Action
Plan Saving Target»).
Budget 2013 continues to use the average of the private sector economic forecasts for budget planning pur
Budget 2013 continues to use the average of the private sector economic
forecasts for
budget planning pur
budget planning purposes.
His use of the Conservative surplus
forecasts undermines the credibility of the NDP
budget plan.
They argue that, since 2009, the federal government's
plans to balance the
budget have been based on «risky projections, optimistic
forecasts of revenue growth and unrealistic
plans for spending restraint», which have resulted in increases in the projected deficit with each successive
budget, and the pushing out of the date that the deficit would be eliminated.
Since 1995,
budget planning has been based on the average of the private sector economic
forecasts for a few selective major aggregate.
As the Estimates do not play a major role in setting the
Budget spending
forecast, the Estimates «Lapse» is not applicable for
Budget planning purposes.
The Government has continued the practice, first adopted by the Liberals in 1996, of using the average of the private sector economic
forecasts for
budget and fall update
planning purposes.
We have strongly recommended in the past that the Government use the Department of Finance's economic
forecast rather than the average of the private sector economic
forecasts (see «Time to Make the
Budget Planning Process More Accountable, Transparent and Prudent» November 2010: www.3dpolicy.ca).
In your Update, you are now
forecasting a «
budget planning deficit» of $ 3.0 billion for 2015 - 16, followed by deficits of $ 3.9 billion, $ 2.4 billion and $ 1.4 billion in the following three years.
Third, because of the uncertain economic outlook, you are right to include a contingency reserve in your
budget -
planning forecast.
The average of the private sector
forecasts forms the basis for the economic assumptions used for fiscal
planning purposes in the
budget and fall update.
An average of private sector economic
forecasts for a number of selected economic variables was used for
budget planning purposes rather than the Department of Finance's economic
forecast.
Comparing PBO's
forecast for nominal GDP to the
Budget 2012
planning assumption, the PBO
forecast is slightly lower in the period 2013 to 2015 and virtually identical in the other years.
We have consistently argued that the Government should use the Department of Finance's economic projections for
budget planning and not the average of the private sector economic
forecasts.
Mr. Page never expected to be the Parliamentary
Budget Officer, nor had he actively sought the position He had worked in several federal departments, including the Department of Finance in the Economic Analysis and Fiscal
Forecasting Branch and in the Privy Council Office as Deputy Head of the
Planning and Priorities Division.
The recent private sector «average»
forecast should be discarded as a basis for
budget planning.
Under the current
budget plan, both transfer expenses and non-transfer expenses are
forecast to decline as a share of GDP.
The June 2011
Budget planning assumption for nominal GDP is roughly similar to the Parliamentary
Budget Officer (BPO)
forecast.
The explanation provided was that as a «result of accounting changes due to the Jobs and Economic Action
Plan, public debt charge
forecasts from the Federal
Budget are no longer a reasonable estimate of cash - basis expenditures for reporting in the Estimates» [5].
Depending on the impact of the 2015 - 16 tax
planning budgetary revenues could be slightly lower than
forecast in the March 2017
Budget.
The benefits of pairing autonomous and preventive maintenance strategies are an increase in
planned maintenance over unplanned, maximized equipment availability, and the ability to
forecast production capacities and maintenance
budgets with greater precision.
Duties include general accounting, audit liaison, cost accounting, financial analysis and
forecasting,
budget planning, cash flow monitoring, and development of monthly status reports.
The World Bank report noted that the resulting
forecasts form basis for
budget planning, adding that «these
forecasts are frequently inaccurate, often by wide margins; ideally, oil - revenue projections should err on the side underestimation, as overestimating future revenues can disrupt investment execution and undermine debt sustainability.»
Incredibly, the governor's 2016 Executive
Budget Capital Financial plan forecasts that the state's outstanding debt in 2019 will be $ 517 million higher than was projected less than a year ago in the 2015 enacted budget capital plan, before the windfall materia
Budget Capital Financial
plan forecasts that the state's outstanding debt in 2019 will be $ 517 million higher than was projected less than a year ago in the 2015 enacted
budget capital plan, before the windfall materia
budget capital
plan, before the windfall materialized.
And these
forecasts demonstrate that a credible
plan to cut our
budget deficit goes hand in hand with a steady and sustained economic recovery, with low inflation and falling unemployment.
And the county executive says her 2018
budget plan reduces the two - year
forecasted structural deficit by $ 8.2 million to $ 36.4 million.
Mr McWilliams argued: «A more credible
plan to cut public spending in the medium term than simply relying on wildly optimistic
forecasts - as seen in the last
Budget - is absolutely necessary.»
Among DiNapoli's proposals: - Require the governor to have a gap - closing
plan for out - year deficits; - Impose a binding revenue
forecast; - Increase reserve funds; - Require open
budget negotiations;
Mr Osborne quoted the Office for
Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates for growth this year of 1.2 per cent and 2.3 per cent next year - compared to its previous
forecasts of 1.3 per cent and 2.6 per cent under Labour's
plans.
He said: «According to the official
forecasts from the Office of
Budget Responsibility, the government's
plan means that the debt in 2016 - 17 the national debt will be about # 1,300 bn, that is about # 300bn more than now.»
The city's financial
plan forecasts a surplus of $ 1.6 billion in FY 2014, which will be used to help balance the $ 73.9 billion FY 2015
budget, and out - year
budget gaps of $ 2.6 billion in FY 2016, $ 1.9 billion in FY 2017 and $ 3.1 billion in FY 2018.
In fact, according to the official
forecasts from the Office of
Budget Responsibility, the government's
plan means that the debt in 2016 - 17 the national debt will be about # 1,300 billion, that is about # 300 billion more than now (or more than an extra # 4,000 more per person of «deadweight», in the DPM's words).
Today's
forecasts of what's going to happen to employment over the next five years according to the Office for
Budget Responsibility (OBR) shed more light on how the new coalition government's deficit - slicing
plans will hit those working in the public sector, writes Neil MacDonald.
The FY 1998
budget relies on sustained economic growth over the past two years, more optimistic economic
forecasts, and greater cuts in non-discretionary programs to call for still higher levels of discretionary spending than previous
budget plans.
Figure 2 shows that every successive
budget plan over the past two years has allocated more to nondefense R&D than the
plan before, in part because of continually improving economic
forecasts but also because of concerted efforts to protect R&D programs from projected
budget cuts.