Which of the following may be considered to be objectives of budgeting?(i) Co-ordination(ii) Communication(iii) Expansion(iv) Resource allocation
What does the statement 'sales is the principal budget factor' mean?
WQT Co manufactures a single product and an extract from their flexed budget for production costs is as follows.
Activity level
80% 90%
$ $
Direct material 2,400 2,700
Labour 2,120 2,160
Production overhead 4,060 4,080
8,580 8,940
What would the total production cost allowance be in a budget flexed at the 83% level of activity? (to the nearest $)
Which of these statements is untrue?
Misty Co's budgetary control report for last month is as follows:
Fixed budget Flexed budget Actual results
$ $ $
Direct costs 61,100 64,155 67,130
Production overhead 55,000 56,700 54,950
Other overhead 10,000 10,000 11,500
126,100 130,855 133,580
What was the volume variance for last month?