ACC 3515 – MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SEM 1 2014/2015 FLEXIBLE BUDGETING 1. The following overhead data are for a department in a large company. Actual Costs Incurred Static Budget Activity level (in units) 200 220 Variable costs: Supplies $4‚050 $4‚906 Power $1‚690 $1‚892 Fixed costs: Administration $6‚240 $6‚200 Depreciation $6‚280 $6‚200 Required: Prepare a report that would be useful in assessing how well costs were controlled in this department. 2. Hempstead Corporation
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From traditional budget planning to zero-based budgeting (Relevant to PBE Paper II: Management Accounting and Finance) Dr Fong Chun Cheong‚ Steve‚ School of Business‚ Macao Polytechnic Institute Introduction A budget is an important financial plan that incorporates a systematic analysis and interpretation of financial forecasts in terms of products‚ markets and the application of resources. It requires managers to plan. It needs operational and financial resources information for decision making
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Risks of Budget Travel A well-known song expresses many travel-dreamers’ complaints‚ “I want to travel to Guilin‚ but when I have the money‚ I don’t have the time; I want to travel to Guilin‚ but when I have the time‚ I don’t have the money.” Travel requires time and expenditure on traffic‚ accommodation‚ food‚ scenic spot tickets‚ and so on. People’s obsession with travel bears a new travel form-- budget travel. The first website about budget
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Public-Private Partners No particular scheme can pay for the assortment of diversion programs required to successfully interject in the imprisonment and detention of individuals with recurring conditions. Most specifically‚ when an assortment of methods is overstretched in its efforts to identify a favorable diversion resource‚ every proposed process typically declares funding deficiency to its fellow method‚ thus initiating the bureaucratic back and forth in constructing the crucial choice of
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that month’s estimated sales. This is exactly the amount of material on hand on January 1. c. The direct labor used per unit of output is two hours. The average direct labor cost per hour is $15. d. Overhead each month is estimated using a flexible budget formula. (Activity is measured in direct labor hours.) [pic] .:. e. Monthly selling and administrative expenses are also estimated using a flexible budgeting formula. (Activity is measured in units sold.) [pic] .:. f. The unit selling price
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Expenditures‚ Revenues‚ and Budgets Expenditures‚ Revenues‚ and Budgets AJS 532 Expenditures‚ Revenue‚ and Budgets Budgeting is an important subfield of public administration (Tyer & Willand‚ 1997). A budget system balances expenditures and revenues (Smith & Lynch‚ 2004). In public budgeting‚ revenues are funded by sources. These such sources are fees and special assessment‚ lotteries‚ and public‚ and other miscellaneous revenue. Another important factor of budgeting
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• Therefore recessionary periods tend towards a deficit. In the case of this recession of course it was exacerbated by the financial crisis‚ which involved the government paying out very large sums of money to support the banking system. • The budget deficit in the financial year just ending will be c£150bn‚ more than 11% of GDP. • Another way of looking at it is to say that over 20% of government spending this year will be paid for by borrowing. This is not sustainable. • Alistair Darling‚
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Managerial Accounting Instructor: Brian Shaw September 22‚ 2014 Mr. Wayne and Mr. Chester held a conference meeting to discuss the findings in the cash budget has given the both of them feeling uneasy on specific details of the cash report budget. Mr. Wayne believes that the gross margin perhaps may shrink to 27.5 percent due to higher purchase price and concerned with the impact that this may have on borrowings. This a logical concern as gross margin
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FEEDING PROGRAM Description and problem to be addressed Feeding programs are basically conducted mostly on places on which poverty can be seen. Most of these projects are difficult to execute especially considering the supplies and resources to be used as well funds to conduct. The issue of food security and hunger has never been more crucial than what it is today. First of the problems to be addressed as mentioned earlier where to get the funds‚ how to get the right resources and when will
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Capital Budget Recommendation Guillermo Furniture Overview Guillermo Navalez is an owner of a small furniture manufacturing company near his home‚ Sonora‚ Mexico. Sonora offers mild weather‚ beautiful scenery‚ and inexpensive housing. Guillermo is the largest manufacturer of furniture in his area where the supply of timber for tables and chairs is easily accessible due to the nature of resources (University of Phoenix‚ 2010). Labor is also inexpensive and Guillermo was making profit up until
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