What is Master Budget

Corporations are profit-oriented organizations. If they do not have enough profit, they cannot survive. The expectations and forecasts have a key role in decision making. Thorough those expectations and forecasts, a scenario is developed. If a scenario contains financials, it means that a budget is prepared. Budget is a kind of financial simulator of a business. Budgeting is a vital tool in financial management for sustainable development. Budgeting also maintains the effectiveness of capital and resource of the company. There is diversity in the budgets of each sector or each industry. Manufacturing, logistics, airlines, construction, hospitality, and others have sectoral differences in budgeting. In this chapter, objectives of budgeting, budgeting methods, steps in budgeting, sectoral differences, relationship between budgets, and strategic planning are discussed.