The master budget consists of various sub interrelated budgets. The goal is to deeply think of all areas affecting the business goals and develop a plan of action to meet those goals.

The master budget starts with projecting sales. After sales projections the following sub-budgets are created:

1. Production budget: computes how many units should be produced to meet the sales goals
2. Raw materials budget: computes how much raw materials should be purchased to produce the number of units calculated in the production budget
3. Direct labor budget: Estimates direct labor cost to meet the production goal
4. Selling & Admin budget: estimates the expenses needed to meet the sales goal outside of production.
5. Income statement: The end product of the budgets described above is the budgeted income statement.
6. Cash flow statement: As we know cash flow does not equal profits. This budget estimates expected cash inflow and outflow