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1.mFinancialmmanagementmismthemsubsetmofmmanagementmthatmfocusesmonmgeneratingmfinancialminf
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goalsmofmthemorganizationmwhilemmaintainingmamsatisfactorymfinancialmsituation.mFinancialmmanagem
entmencompassesmthembroadmareasmofmaccountingmandmfinance.
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3.mInmpublicmservicemorganizations,mdecisionsmaremorientedmtowardmachievingmthemvariousmgoalsmof
mthemorganizationmwhilem maintainingm amsatisfactorymfinancialmsituation.
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4.mAccountingmismamsystemmformkeepingmtrackmofmthemfinancialmstatusmofmanmorganizationmandmthemf
inancialmresultsmofmitsmactivities.mItmhasmoftenmbeenmreferredmtomasmthemlanguagemofmbusiness.mThem
vocabularymusedmbymaccountingmismthemlanguagemofmnonbusinessmorganizationsmasmwell.
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5.mAccountingmismsubdividedmintomtwommajormareas:mmanagerialmaccountingmandmfinancialmaccount
ing.mManagerialmaccountingmrelatesmtomgeneratingmanymfinancialminformationmthatmmanagersmcanm
usemtomimprovemthemfuturemresultsmofmthemorganization.mThismincludesmtechniquesmdesignedmtomge
neratemanymfinancialmdatamthatmmightmhelpmmanagersmmakemmoremeffectivemdecisions.mMajormaspe
ctsmofmmanagerialmaccountingmrelatemtommakingmfinancialmplansmformthemorganization,mimplementing
mthosemplans,mandmthenm workingmtomensuremthatmthemplansmaremachieved.mSomemexamplesmofmmana
gerialmaccountingmincludempreparingmannualmoperatingmbudgets,mgeneratingminformationmformusemi
nmmakingmmajorminvestmentmdecisions,mandmprovidingmthemdatamneededmtomdecidemwhethermtombu
ymormleasemammajormpiecemofmequipment.mFinancialmaccountingmprovidesmretrospectiveminformation
.mAsmeventsmthatmhavemfinancialmimplicationsmoccurmtheymaremrecordedmbymthemfinancialmaccountingm
system.mFrommtimemtomtimem(usuallymmonthly,mquarterly,mormannually),mthemrecordedmdatamaremsum
marizedmandmreportedmtominterestedmusers.mThemusersmincludembothminternalmmanagersmandmpeopl
emoutsidemthemorganization.mThosemoutsidersmincludemthosemwhomhavemlentmormmightmlendmmoneym
tomthemorganizationm(creditors),mthosemwhommightmsellmthingsmtomthemorganizationm(calledmsupplier
smormvendors),mandmotherminterestedmparties.mTheseminterestedmpartiesmmaymincludemthosemwithmam
particularminterestminmpublicmservicemorganizations,msuchmasmregulators,mlegislators,mandmcitizens.mFi
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ntminmtime,masmwellmasmreportingmthempastmresultsmofmthemorganization‘smoperationsm(i.e.,mhowmwellm
itm hasmdonemfrommamfinancialmviewpoint).
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6.mFinancemfocusesmonmthemalternativemsourcesmandmusesmofmthemorganization‘smfinancialmresource
s.mObtainingmfundsmwhenmneededmfrommappropriatemsourcesmandmthemdeploymentmofmresourcesmw
ithinmthemorganizationmfallmundermthismheading.mInmaddition,mfinanceminvolvesmthemfinancialmmarket
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7.mYes.mAchievingmthemgoalsmofmthemorganizationmrequiresmfinancialmplanning.mFinancialmmanageme
ntmprovidesminformationmformmanagersmtomuseminmmakingmtheirmdecisions.mItmhelpsmmanagersmbymp
rovidingminformationmonmthemlikelymfinancialmimpactmofmeachmproposedmalternative.mItmalsomprovide
sminformationmaboutmfinancialmstability,mefficiency,mandmeffectiveness.
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8.mClearly,mwemmightmexpectmsomempublicmservicemorganizationsmthatmaremproprietary,msuchmasmso
memhospitals,mtomearnmprofits.mButmwhatmaboutmothermpublicmservicemorganizationsmsuchmasmchariti
es?mTheymshouldmmakemamprofitmasmwell.mProfitsmprovidemamsafetymmarginmagainstmunexpectedmcost
s,mprovidemresourcesmtom replacembuildingsmandmequipment,mandmtomexpandmandmimprovemservices.
1-9.m Federalmgovernmentm (seemtextm Figurem1-1)
Individualmincomemtaxes
Socialminsurancemtaxes
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Salesmandmgrossmreceiptsmtax
Federalmgovernment
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Individualmincomemtaxes
Healthmsectorm(seemtextmFigurem1-6)
Privateminsurance
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10.mFederalmgovernmentmspendingmexceededm$6mtrillionminm2020mandmstatemandmlocalmgovernmentm
spendingmwasmmoremthanm$3mtrillionminm2018.mInmcontrast,mthemGDPmwasm$21mtrillionminm2020.mForm
moremupmtomdateminformation,mexaminemthemstatisticalmtablesmofmthemmostmrecentmEconomicmRepo