Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337912020
Author: Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 8, Problem 1CMA
When compared to static budgets, flexible budgets:
- a. offer managers a more realistic comparison of budgeted and actual fixed cost items under their control.
- b. provide a better understanding of the capacity (volume) variances during the period being evaluated.
- c. encourage managers to use less fixed cost items and more variable cost items that are under their control.
- d. offer managers a more realistic comparison of budgeted and actual revenue and cost items under their control.
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- Which of the following is true in a bottom-up budgeting approach? Every expense needs to be justified. Supervisors tell departments their budget amount and the departments are free to work within those amounts. Departments budget their needs however they see fit. Departments determine their needs and relate them to the overall goals.arrow_forwardWhat is the main difference between static and flexible budgets? The fixed manufacturing overhead is adjusted for units sold in the flexible budget. The variable manufacturing overhead is adjusted in the static budget. There is no difference between the budgets. The variable costs are adjusted in a flexible budget.arrow_forwardWhy would managers use a flexible budget? What information does it provide that a regular budget does not?arrow_forward
- Which budget evaluates the results of operations at the actual level of activity? capĂtal budget cash budget flexible budget static budgetarrow_forwardThe budget variance for variable production costs is broken down into quantity and price variances. Explain why the quantity variance is more useful for control purposes than the price variance.arrow_forwardWhat are the advantages and disadvantages of the bottom-up budgeting approach?arrow_forward
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