The Budget
» The Budget, Volume 7, Issue 4, 2007
If respondent has a written budget and over their revenue or sales budget.
14b. What is the primary reason for variance from your revenues or sales projections?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General economic conditions stronger than anticipated | 14 | ||
| 2 | Added a major customer(s) unexpectedly | 14 | ||
| 3 | Hot selling product/service didn’t expect | 5 | ||
| 4 | Increase in sales and projects | 31 | ||
| 5 | Business well-run | 5 | ||
| 6 | Weather issues | 5 | ||
| 7 | Increased staff | 5 | ||
| 8 | Other | 14 | ||
| 9 | DK/Refuse | 8 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 103 | |||
Notes: Thirty-one (31) percent of small employers who have a written budget and are over budget site an increased in sales and projects as their primary reason for variance from their revenues or sales projections (Q#14b).
