The PRIMARY purpose of preparing a business budget for the upcoming year is to:
Explanation
A budget projects the coming year's revenue and cost so the contractor can see when cash will be short, set targets for volume and margin, and compare actual results against the plan month by month. Nothing in the licence law requires one, which is why it is a management tool rather than a filing. It does not replace a tax return: the return reports what happened, the budget forecasts what should. And no plan can guarantee a job's result; the budget only makes the shortfall visible sooner.
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