Understanding Government Budgets A Practical Guide

Name: Understanding Government Budgets A Practical Guide
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ISBN: 9780415990127

ISBN-10: 0415990122

ISBN-13: 9780415990127

Edition: 2009

Authors: R. Mark Musell

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Budgets in the United States follow rules of presentation and use terms that make sense to few outside the world of government finance. Moreover, practices vary widely among the thousands of governments in the country, between federal, state, and local levels. Understanding Government Budgets offers detailed explanations of each of the different types of information found in budgets, featuring annotated examples from both state and local budgets, as well as the budget of the federal government. It stresses that the choices made about format and organization influence the story a budget tells about government. The goal of the book is to make the format of budgets and the information they…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/13/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 108
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



Introduction



The Basics of Government Budgets: Coverage, Status, and Numbers



The Basics of Budget Structure



Public Employment Totals in Budgets



Performance Measures in Budgets



Capital Spending in Budgets



Tax Expenditures and Tax Expenditure Budgets



The Federal Budget: An Example from the National Archives



Small Town U.S.A.: An Example from Avon, Connecticut



Performance in Budgeting: An Example from the State of Texas



Program Information in Budgets: An Example from Wichita, Kansas


Notes


Index