budgeting

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budget
a finacial plan to move towards the achievement of set objectives
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historical budget
departmental budgets drawn up by using past data, is quicker but doesnt encourage efficiency
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zero based budget
the budget is set at zero so departments have to justify why they need money, savings can be made nut it takes more time
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types of budget
1.sales budget 2.production budget 3.purchases budget 4.labour budget 5.capital expenditure 6.cash budget 7.master budget
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varience analysis
varience= actual level-budgeted level
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favourable
the actual figure is better than planned, this should give the firm greater profits
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adverse
the actual figure is worse than planned, this would give the firm lower profits
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what causes favourable variance
wage rises lower than expected,extra sale, raw materials cheaper
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what causes adverse variance
competition, government increase rates, fuel prices increase
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adavntages
departmental co-operation, everyone is aware of costs, everyone can focus on objectives
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disadvantages
inaccurate and unrealistic can be ignored, may resrict business activity, can be difficult and time consuming
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departmental budgets drawn up by using past data, is quicker but doesnt encourage efficiency

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historical budget

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the budget is set at zero so departments have to justify why they need money, savings can be made nut it takes more time

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Card 4

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1.sales budget 2.production budget 3.purchases budget 4.labour budget 5.capital expenditure 6.cash budget 7.master budget

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Card 5

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varience= actual level-budgeted level

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