The Business Budget Utilites module in EBMS enables the user to enter monthly or annual budget amounts. The module allows the user to calculate monthly budgets by distributing the annual budget evenly, same as last year, or based on a user entered monthly percentage. It also includes powerful budget links that automatically adjust the budget for a specific account.
Features
Reports
Enables the user to enter monthly or annual budget amounts
Includes powerful dynamic budget links automatically adjust the budget for a specific account based on the following:
Percent of last year's budget
Percent of projected sales for the entire company or a specific department or profit center.
Percent of total payroll budget
Percent of cost of sales budget
Percent of last year or budget for a single or range of general ledger accounts
Links directly to an Excel spreadsheet to allow a budget to be populated directly from a spreadsheet cell
Includes formulas within the budget dialog to do basic calculations from variables, account budget, or past year values
Allows the user to calculate monthly budgets by distributing the annual budget evenly, same as last year, or based on a user entered monthly percentage
Includes powerful tools to answer the following questions:
Will I have the income to pay for the projected expenses?
Are my current sales and expenses meeting the goals required to earn my projected profits?
Are my overhead costs within a manageable level?
Do I have the information needed to decide the company's financial decisions?
12 Month Budget Detail
The 12 Month Budget Detail report is used to view the budget if variable monthly budget values are set.
Monthly Budget Status The Monthly Budget Status report is used to compare the budget to actual expenses as shown below:
Budget View
The Budget View report is used to compare the budget numbers from one year to the next.
Business Budget Utilities 
