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Categories, comparing, 52
Cell comments, 108
Credit card purchases, 138, 139
Credit lines, 175–176
Central control of payroll, 153,
Cross-checking in spreadsheets,
155
Change control, 78 Cost of goods sold, 69–71, 151
96–97
Checking. See also Errors Customer Delights! newsletter,
budgetary assumptions, 79–84
100–101 Customers
as budgeting stage, 16 defined, 75
as office policy, 93 evaluating, 29–30, 171
task lists for, 88 preparing proposals for,
Checklist for budget review, 13 178–182
Checksums, 95 resolving account problems,
Closing the books, 129, 142–144 150
Codes, account. See Account role in project planning, 75
codes Cycle time, 30
Collections, improving, 143
Comment feature (spreadsheet), D
108 Dates
Communication in budget document filenames,
importance to projects, 78 99
vertical, 184–185 in proposals, 181
Decision items, 113
Compensation. See Payroll;
Salaries Decommissioning projects, 75, 84
Competitive bids, 179–182 Delegating budget authority, 132
Comp time, 161 Deliverables, 85, 86
Consolidated budgets, 106–107 Delivery, 17, 172
Consultants, 153–154, 155–156 Departmental control of budgets
body shops versus, 153
Continuous budgets, 189
Contract prices, negotiating, completing budget, 165–166
58–59 defined, 155
Control human resources services
central versus departmental, with, 156–157
155 salary planning, 159–164
changes beyond, 56–57 staff planning with, 157–159
defined, 21 Departments
Copying formulas in spread- consolidated budgets for,
sheets, 95 104–107
Corporate control of payroll, 153, expense codes for, 33
155 organizing, 158–159
Cost estimates for projects, 88-89. outsourcing options, 156
See also Estimates Depreciation, 151