Budget, the master plan of government

American economist Prof. Philip E. Taylor has tendered the following understanding of the term budget (as quoted in Magtolis-Briones, op. cit., p. 243), to wit:

The budget is the master plan of government. It brings together estimates of anticipated revenues and proposed expenditures, implying the schedule of activities to be undertaken and the means of financing those activities. In the budget, fiscal policies are coordinated, and only in the budget can a more unified view of the financial direction which the government is going to be observed.