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$79.7 million for other services, and JPMorgan Chase paid PricewaterhouseCoopers $21.3 million for<br />

audit work plus $84.2 million for other services.<br />

6 From the Journal of Accountancy, official journal of the American Institute of Certified Public<br />

Accountants, January 2007, 33.<br />

7 See www.heritage.org/Research/features/issues/pdfs/Budget.pdf.<br />

For Further Reading<br />

Anand, Sanjay, Sarbanes-Oxley Guide for Finance and Information Technology Professionals<br />

(Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2006).<br />

Jackson, Pegg M., Nonprofit Strategic Planning: Leveraging Sarbanes-Oxley Best Practices<br />

(Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2007).<br />

Livingstone, Les, A Practical Framework for Ethical Decision-Making (Freeload Press, 2007). A free<br />

e-book download after you register at www.textbookmedia.com/.<br />

Ramos, Michael J., How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Assessing the Effectiveness of<br />

Internal Control (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2008).<br />

Part IV<br />

Management Accounting<br />

11<br />

Forecasts and Budgeting<br />

Robert F. Halsey<br />

The Concept of Budgeting<br />

Budgets serve a critical role in managing any business, from the smallest sole proprietor to the largest<br />

multinational corporation. Businesses cannot operate effectively without estimating the financial<br />

implications of their strategic plans and monitoring their progress throughout the year. During<br />

preparation, budgets require managers to make resource allocation decisions and, as a result, to

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