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Questions for Discussion
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1.uFinancialumanagementuisutheusubsetuofumanagementuthatufocusesuonugeneratingufinancialuinfor
mationuthatucanuimproveudecisions.uTheudecisionsuareuorientedutowarduachievingutheuvariousugoalsu
ofutheuorganizationuwhileumaintaininguausatisfactoryufinancialusituation.uFinancialumanagementuenco
mpassesutheubroaduareasuofuaccountinguandufinance.
1-2.uInuproprietary,uorufor-
profit,uorganizations,uanuunderlyingugoaluisutoumaximizeutheuwealthuofutheuownersuofutheuorganizati
on.
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3.uInupublicuserviceuorganizations,udecisionsuareuorientedutowarduachievingutheuvariousugoalsuofuthe
uorganizationuwhileu maintaininguausatisfactoryufinancialusituation.
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4.uAccountinguisuausystemuforukeepingutrackuofutheufinancialustatusuofuanuorganizationuandutheufinan
cialuresultsuofuitsuactivities.uItuhasuoftenubeenureferredutouasutheulanguageuofubusiness.uTheuvocabula
ryuusedubyuaccountinguisutheulanguageuofunonbusinessuorganizationsuasuwell.
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5.uAccountinguisusubdivideduintoutwoumajoruareas:umanagerialuaccountinguandufinancialuaccounting
.uManagerialuaccountingurelatesutougeneratinguanyufinancialuinformationuthatumanagersucanuuseutoui
mproveutheufutureuresultsuofutheuorganization.uThisuincludesutechniquesudesignedutougenerateuanyuf
inancialudatauthatumightuhelpumanagersumakeumoreueffectiveudecisions.uMajoruaspectsuofumanageria
luaccountingurelateutoumakingufinancialuplansuforutheuorganization,uimplementinguthoseuplans,uanduth
enuworkingutouensureuthatutheuplansuareuachieved.uSomeuexamplesuofumanagerialuaccountinguinclud
eupreparinguannualuoperatingubudgets,ugeneratinguinformationuforuuseuinumakingumajoruinvestment
udecisions,uanduprovidingutheudatauneededutoudecideuwhetherutoubuyuoruleaseuaumajorupieceuofuequi
pment.uFinancialuaccountinguprovidesuretrospectiveuinformation.uAsueventsuthatuhaveufinancialuimp
licationsuoccurutheyuareurecordedubyutheufinancialuaccountingusystem.uFromutimeutoutimeu(usuallyumo
nthly,uquarterly,uoruannually),utheurecordedudatauareusummarizeduandureportedutouinteresteduusers.u
Theuusersuincludeubothuinternalumanagersuandupeopleuoutsideutheuorganization.uThoseuoutsidersuin
cludeuthoseuwhouhaveulentuorumightulendumoneyutoutheuorganizationu(creditors),uthoseuwhoumightus
elluthingsutoutheuorganizationu(calledusuppliersuoruvendors),uanduotheruinteresteduparties.uTheseuinte
restedupartiesumayuincludeuthoseuwithuauparticularuinterestuinupublicuserviceuorganizations,usuchuasure
gulators,ulegislators,uanducitizens.uFinancialureportsuprovideuinformationuonutheufinancialustatusuofut
, Instructor’suManualuforuFinancialuManagementuforuPublic,uHealth,uanduNot-for-ProfituOrganizations1,
heuorganizationuatuauspecificupointuinutime,uasuwelluasureportingutheupasturesultsuofutheuorganization‘s
uoperationsu(i.e.,uhowuwelluitu hasudoneufromuau financialuviewpoint).
, Chapteru3:u Additionalu Budgetingu Concepts 3-4
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6.uFinanceufocusesuonutheualternativeusourcesuanduusesuofutheuorganization‘sufinancialuresources.uO
btainingufundsuwhenuneededufromuappropriateusourcesuandutheudeploymentuofuresourcesuwithinuth
euorganizationufalluunderuthisuheading.uInuaddition,ufinanceuinvolvesutheufinancialumarketsu(suchuasus
tockuandubondumarkets)uthatu provideuaumeansutou generatingufundsuforuorganizations.
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7.uYes.uAchievingutheugoalsuofutheuorganizationurequiresufinancialuplanning.uFinancialumanagementu
providesuinformationuforumanagersutouuseuinumakingutheirudecisions.uItuhelpsumanagersubyuprovidi
nguinformationuonutheulikelyufinancialuimpactuofueachuproposedualternative.uItualsouprovidesuinforma
tionuaboutufinancialustability,uefficiency,uandueffectiveness.
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8.uClearly,uweumightuexpectusomeupublicuserviceuorganizationsuthatuareuproprietary,usuchuasusomeuh
ospitals,utouearnuprofits.uButuwhatuaboutuotherupublicuserviceuorganizationsusuchuasucharities?uTheyu
shouldumakeuauprofituasuwell.uProfitsuprovideuausafetyumarginuagainstuunexpecteducosts,uprovideures
ourcesutou replaceubuildingsuanduequipment,uandutouexpanduanduimproveuservices.
1-9.u Federalugovernmentu(seeutextuFigureu1-1)
Individualuincomeutaxes
Socialuinsuranceutaxes
Corporateuincomeutax
Stateuandulocalugovernmentu(seeutextuFigureu1-4)
Salesuandugrossureceiptsutax
Federalugovernment
Propertyutaxes
Individualuincomeutaxes
Healthusectoru(seeutextuFigureu1-6)
Privateuinsurance
Medicare
Medicaid
Otherugovernmentuprograms
Not-for-profitu sectoru(seeutext)
Privateupaymentsuforugoodsuanduservices
Governmentupaymentsuforugoodsuanduservices
Donations
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10.uFederalugovernmentuspendinguexceededu$6utrillionuinu2020uandustateuandulocalugovernmentu spe
ndinguwasumoreuthanu$3utrillionuinu2018.uInucontrast,utheuGDPuwasu$21utrillionuinu2020.uForumoreuupu
toudateuinformation,uexamineutheustatisticalutablesuofutheumosturecentuEconomicuReportuofutheuPre
sident,uwhichuisuavailableuonline.