Budgetary Comparison Reporting
Free CPA BAR (Business Analysis & Reporting) lesson in State and Local Governments. 18 min read, ~2,722 words.
Budgetary comparison reporting demonstrates legal compliance with the appropriated budget and explains variances between planned and actual results. Three columns minimum: original budget, final amended budget, actual results (a fourth variance column is optional but common). Required for the General Fund and each major special revenue fund that has a...
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Learning objectives
- III.A7
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