Setting Post-Pandemic County Budgets and Sticking to Them
The SAP Concur blog discusses challenges in county budget management post-pandemic, emphasizing zero-based budgeting, detailed expense categorization, and data-driven decision-making. Citing McKinsey and Brookings reports, it notes sales tax declines and recommends counties refine budget categories, update policies, and use data to forecast and approve spending.
Impact and considerations
County governments need more granular budget management to cope with revenue declines and spending changes.
Key points
- Many finance leaders are turning to zero-based budgeting.
- Budgets need to be delineated to appropriate levels, avoiding 'other' categories.
- Pre-pandemic, over 28% of expenditures fell into 'other' category.
- Sales taxes are expected to decline by billions of dollars.
- Policy updates and data analysis improve budget compliance.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
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- First source publication
- 29 Jun 2022, 19:47
- Page published
- 15 Aug 2026, 08:19
- Last updated
- 29 Jun 2022, 19:47
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：Setting Post-Pandemic County Budgets and Sticking to Them (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 29 Jun 2022, 19:47