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What is the difference between the operating cycle and the master budget?

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The operating cycle is the flow of activity (buy/produce, sell, collect) that the business physically undertakes; the master budget is the financial plan quantifying that cycle for a future period. The master budget models the operating cycle's financial effects—inventory, receivables, payables, and cash—into pro forma statements.
Real-world example The master budget puts numbers to the buy-make-sell-collect cycle for the coming year.

Common follow-ups: What does the master budget quantify? | How do the two relate?

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