Discussion: budgets
Using the government you selected in the Module One discussion, locate and post a link to the latest adopted budget in your initial post. Additionally, address the following:
• Describe the type of budget (i.e., line item, program, performance).
• Discuss some of the highlights of the budget.
• Based on what you expected after reading Chapter Four, what was different about your budget?
(book of study: Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting: Theory and Practice. Thenth Ed. by Robert J. Freeman, Craig D. Shoulders, Gregroy S. Allison, G. robert Smith, Jr.)
Link to NYC 2015 CAFR
https://comptroller.nyc.gov/wp-content/uploads/documents/CAFR2015.pdf
Link to Budget Format
https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/fdscontent/uscompanion/us/static/companion.websites/9780195387452/Budget%20Formats%204-10.pdf
Link to latest adopted budget 2015
https://council.nyc.gov/downloads/pdf/budget/2015/FY15%20Schedule%20C%20Template%20-%20Final.pdf