The Budget Process

An approach where several parties participate in the budget preparation, starting from the lowest to the highest levels of the government.

• Top-down budgeting

• Bottom-up budgeting

• Incremental budgeting

• Zero-based budgeting

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Budgeting approach where the proposed programs and expenditures in the previous year are automatically approved in the current year.

• Bottom-up budgeting

• Top-down budgeting

• Zero-based budgeting

• Incremental budgeting

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This budget provides for items not adequately covered or not included in the general appropriations act.

• Balanced budget

• Annual budget

• Special budget

• Line-item budget

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This budget focuses on specific expenditures such as salaries and wages, travel expenses, freight, supplies, materials and equipment.

• Line-item budget

• Special budget

• Annual budget

• Balanced budget

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This budget focuses on expenditures incurred in the current year which are to be paid in the same year or in the following year.

• Line-item budget

• Balanced Budget

• Obligations budget

• Performance budget

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This refers to the step in the Budget Preparation Phase where each agency defends its budget proposal before the DBM.

• Budget Call

• Budget Hearings

• Budget Preparation

• Presentation to the Office of the President

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This refers to the phase in the Budget process where the House and Senate deliberations are done.

• Budget Preparation

• Budget Legislation

• Budget Execution

• Budget Accountability

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The committee formed to harmonize any conflicts between the Representatives and Senate versions of the General Appropriations Bill.

• Blue Ribbon Committee

• Bicameral Conference Committee

• General Appropriations Committee

• Budget Legislation Committee

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This is the authorization made by a legislative body to allocate funds for purposes specified by the legislative or similar authority.

• Obligation

• Appropriation

• Authorization

• Allocation

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This is the phase where government funds are spent.

• Budget Preparation

• Budget Legislation

• Budget Execution

• Budget Accountability

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