Flexible Budgets ACC/543 May 14‚ 2012 Write a paper of no more than 1‚050 words in which you discuss flexible budgets. Explain the relationship between fixed and variable costs used in a flexible budget. (SAID) Discuss the differences between static and flexible budgets and (Cynthia) how a flexible budget lends itself to a cost-volume-profit analysis. Intro and Conclusion/ Compile and Submit Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines Flexible
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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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CHAPTER 7 FLEXIBLE BUDGETS‚ DIRECT-COST VARIANCES‚ AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL 7-1 Management by exception is the practice of concentrating on areas not operating as expected and giving less attention to areas operating as expected. Variance analysis helps managers identify areas not operating as expected. The larger the variance‚ the more likely an area is not operating as expected. 2. Two sources of information about budgeted amounts are (a) past amounts and (b) detailed engineering studies
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Chapters 9 & 10 Standard Costing‚ Variance Analysis and Flexible Budgets This is a copyright presentation of Darlene B. Serrato and is presented exclusively for the use and benefit of students enrolled in Accounting 2303. Any other use is prohibited. All rights reserved. This presentation may not be copied‚ reproduced or transferred in or by any media without the express written permission of the author. STANDARD – is the budgeted cost for one unit of product. The beginning point
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the difference between actual cost and standard cost. True False 8. A budget performance report that includes variances can have variances caused by both price differences and quantity differences. True False 9. A cost variance equals the sum of the quantity variance and the price variance. True False 10. When computing a price variance‚ the price is held constant. True False 11. Within the same budget performance report‚ it is impossible to have both favorable and unfavorable
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CHAPTER 3 Predetermined Overhead Rates‚ Flexible Budgets‚ and Absorption/Variable Costing Questions 1. Although both variable and mixed costs change in total with activity measure changes‚ the difference is that variable costs change in direct proportion to such activity changes and mixed costs do not. Since a mixed cost has both a fixed and variable component‚ the cost per unit at different activity levels is not constant as it is with a variable cost. 2. No‚ these are not always the best points
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planning budget. Grants from donors and ticket sales were also higher. After completing the analysis for the Little Theatre we found that several items could be implemented to have an accurate cost model in the future. First‚ we prepared a flexible budget for the Little Theatre based on the actual activity of the year. We found that there were a number of cost items such as wages‚ scenery items‚ and administrative expenses that were under estimated compared to the original anticipated budget. We
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Research” Accounting & Business Research Winter86‚ Vol. 17 Issue 65‚ p21-32. Onsi‚ M. (1973) “Factor Analysis of Behavioral Variables Affecting Budgetary Slack” Accounting Review Jul73‚ Vol. 48 Issue 3‚ p535-548 Otley‚ D.T Prendergast‚ P. (1997) “Budget padding: Is it a job for the finance police?” Management Accounting: Magazine for Chartered Management Accountants Nov97‚ Vol. 75 Issue 10‚ p44 Public Bank (2002)‚ Annual Report 2002 Public Bank (2003)‚ Annual Report 2003. Available: http://ww2.publicbank
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Flexible Benefits Introduction The "home" of flexible benefits is in the US‚ where the concept is strongly established. With a limited national health service‚ medical insurance is the responsibility of the individual and employees are typically offered healthcare insurance‚ covering private medical‚ optical dental‚ physiotherapy etc. through their flexible benefits scheme. Flexible benefits is an employee reward system‚ which allows employees to choose from a menu of optional benefits
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This paper addressed a Flexible Job shop Scheduling Problem (FJSP) with the objective of minimization of maximum completion time (Cmax) which job splitting or lot streaming is allowed. Lot streaming is an important technique has been used widely to the reduce completion time of a production system. With respect to the complexity of the problem‚ optimization techniques such as branch and bound methods are no so efficient at medium and large dimensions; thus‚ to solve the problem‚ metaheuristic techniques
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