Budget system. This term is sometimes understood as an automated system for planning and control of the budget, but budget system is first of all a tool to rule limited resources used to achieve the strategic goals of the company and includes a range of activities related to planning and control of budget execution.
The budget system includes a central decision making body - Budget committee, which sets material and financial resources between the centers of financial responsibility or accounting (CFA). When building a budget system the main task is to develop a proper structure of financial responsibility centers. For each of CFA it is necessary to define a set of goals. It is important to ensure communication between centers.
Within the set limits management should have the authority to use the resources and have the responsibility for the achievement of their designated goals. Properly built budgetary system provides distribution and consolidation of responsibilities for the expenditure of resources among different levels of management and managers within the visual layer bb budget.