In short, it was necessary to integrate the estimates of each department and to revise them in terms of the overall effect on operations to arrive at a coordinated and profitable plan of operations for the coming year. The budget statements ultimately derived from the adjusted estimated transactions would then serve the company as a reliable guide and measure of the coming year’s operations.
At the time the 2010 budget was being prepared, in November of 2009, projected 2009 financial statements were compiled for use as a comparison with the budgeted figures. These 2009 statements were based on ten months ‘actual and two months’ projected transactions. They appear as Exhibits 1,2, and 3.