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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Management and Planning Management Planning Management: Theory‚ Practice and Application/330 Management Planning Planning is identifying the goals to be accomplished and making a decision to move forward the suitable actions needed to achieve those goals (Bateman and Snell‚ 2009). Examples of planning may include examining current situation‚ predicting the future‚ establishing goals‚ choose what types of activities one will engage‚ and selecting the resources needed to achieve the said goals (Bateman
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11 - 1 11 - 2 Choosing the Optimal Capital Budget Finance theory says to accept all positive NPV projects. Two problems can occur when there is not enough internally generated cash to fund all positive NPV projects: Increasing Marginal Cost of Capital Externally raised capital can have large flotation costs‚ which increase the cost of capital. Investors often perceive large capital budgets as being risky‚ which drives up the cost of capital. (More...) An increasing marginal
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Capital Budget Recommendation Managerial Accounting and Legal Aspect of Business/ACC 543 May 24‚ 2010 Capital Budget Recommendation Guillermo Navallez is the owner of Guillermo Furniture‚ a company that
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Chapter 9 Flexible Budgets and Performance Analysis Solutions to Questions 9-1 The planning budget is prepared for the planned level of activity. It is static because it is not adjusted even if the level of activity subsequently changes. 9-2 A flexible budget can be adjusted to reflect any level of activity—including the actual level of activity. By contrast‚ a static planning budget is prepared for a single level of activity and is not subsequently adjusted. 9-3 Actual results can differ
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make money selling items through internet auctions. Buying and selling things is not new. As a matter of fact‚ people have been buying and selling things in one form or another ever since time began. It is part of life. We all need or want things that we can not provide for ourselves‚ so we have to find someone who can supply us with the items‚ and we pay them to provide us with these items we need or want. Ebay is an online auction service that helps people sell their items to people across the
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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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PART 2: PLANNING CHAPTER 4 - FOUNDATIONS OF PLANNING LEARNING OUTCOMES After reading this chapter students should be able to: 1. Discuss the nature and purposes of planning. 2. Explain what managers do in the strategic planning process. 3. Compare and contrast approaches to goal setting and planning. 4. Discuss contemporary issues in planning. |Opening Vignette—Building a Future | |SUMMARY
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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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BUDGET 2013 - PERSONAL TAX The Finance minister of Singapore announced several budget initiatives in the Budget 2013 that aims to improve the lives of Singapore citizens. A number of changes were introduced which promotes progressive taxation‚ building a more inclusive society and encouraging quality growth. This Budget is very much focused on productivity and helping the lower income group as well as the elderly. Although there would not be any drastic changes in the personal tax rates‚ we could
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