Master Budgeting and Responsibility Accounting
Master Budgeting and Responsibility Accounting
Master Budgeting and Responsibility Accounting
Chapter 6
Master Budgeting
and
Responsibility Accounting
BUDGET DEFINED
The quantitative expression of a proposed plan of
action by management for a specified period, and
An aid to coordinating what needs to be done to
implement that plan
May include both financial and nonfinancial data
ADVANTAGES OF BUDGETS
Provides a framework for judging performance
Motivates managers and other employees
Financial
Budget – building blocks based on the
Operating Budget that lead to the creation of the
Budgeted Balance Sheet and the Budgeted Statement
of Cash Flows
BASIC OPERATING BUDGET STEPS
Revenues
Budget
Ending Capital
Production
Inventory Expenditures
Budget
Budget Budget
Direct
Direct Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Materials Overhead
Labor Costs Cash Budget
Costs Budget Costs Budget
Budget
Cost of Goods
Sold Budget
Budgeted
Balance Sheet
Operating
Expense
Budget Budgeted
Statement of
Cash Flows
Budgeted
Income
Statement
OTHER BUDGETING ISSUES
Financial-planning software may be employed to conduct
sensitivity (“what-if”) analysis to assist in the budgetary process.
For e.g. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
“what-if” technique examines how a result will change if