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As a specialist in accounting tell me the difference between the budget and the balance sheet ?

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Question ajoutée par Ibrahim Abou-bakr Abdulhamid Abou-awad , Founder And Managing Director , دار الخبراء محاسبون قانونيون ومستشارون | DAR ALKHOBRAA CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS
Date de publication: 2014/06/15
Mrinal Deb
par Mrinal Deb , Manager - Finance and Accounts , Comfort Diagnostic & Nursing Home

Budget and Balance Sheet totally different with each other.

 

Budget is prepared based on some standard data of previos or actual for the future activities or future performance and compare with actual activities and actual performance.

On the other hand Balance sheet is prepared for a specific period of time by showing total assets and total liabilities for a company . It shows the actual assets whcih company has and actual liabilities which has to pay.

Menerva Melad
par Menerva Melad , Account Executive, Key Accounts , Graphic Home Company

Definition of 'Balance Sheet'

A financial statement that summarizes a company's assets, liabilities and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time. These three balance sheet segments give investors an idea as to what the company owns and owes, as well as the amount invested by the shareholders.

Asad zaman
par Asad zaman , Audit/Finance , Rafaqat Baber and co

Budget is plane express in quantified form and is prepared at the start of the year.Budget iexternal parties, ie s used by internal management of company.

whlie balance sheet shows financial position of the company at year end and is usd by external parties i.e shareholder,and other stakeholders..

Omar El-Serty
par Omar El-Serty , Management Consultant , Eurecna

Balance sheet is actual figures prepared at the end of the financial year showing all assets and liabilities Dudget is a forecast

In short, Budget is the predetermined quantitative picture for any period, but Balance sheet is the actual / postmortem quantitative picture for any period.

FITAH MOHAMED
par FITAH MOHAMED , Financial Manager , FUEL AND ENERGY CO for transportion petroleum materials

Budget: is the future vision for spending the financial terms of any specific placed for some time to come, and it has several doors and items vary depending on the (Establishment  - Bank - Company)

Balance sheet : The bottom is finished fiscal year (period ended), which reflects the financial position of the point of claiming the budgetary

 

Ghazanfar Imran
par Ghazanfar Imran , Financial Controller , National Security Institute

Budget is the estimated and forcasted value while balance sheet represents the actual position.

Divyesh Patel
par Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Balance sheet- it is prepared to disclose the true financial position of the business

 

Budget expresses your intentions - it is the course you have chosen and plotted to take you to your desired destination.

 

Muhammad Fiaz
par Muhammad Fiaz , GROUP MANAGER ACCOUNTS, FINANCE AND TAX , SMPL Group of Companies

Balance Sheet: Present the actual position of your business,

Budget: Present your projected/estimated position of your business.

Zahabiya Rokadia
par Zahabiya Rokadia , Financial Analyst , JP MORGAN CHASE & CO

A budget is the total expenses of a company for a given year. It is prepared for a future period of time and it is based on the past expenses and future strategies and trends. It is acts as guidance for expenditure. A balance sheet gives a picture of the financial health of the company at a particular point of time. 

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