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Operational
Operational Budgeting
Budgeting
Chapter 23
23-2
Budgeting: The Basis for Planning
Budgeting: The Basis for Planning
and Control
and Control
Control
Steps taken by
management to
ensure that
objectives are
attained.
Planning
Developing
objectives for
acquisition
and use of
resources.
A budget is a comprehensive financial
plan for achieving the financial and
operational goals of an organization.
23-3
Coordination
of activities
Performance
evaluation
Enhanced management
responsibility
Assignment of decision-
making responsibilities
Benefits Derived from Budgeting
Benefits Derived from Budgeting
Benefits
23-4
Flow of Budget Data
S upervisor S upervisor
M iddle
M anagem ent
S upervisor S upervisor
M iddle
M anagem ent
To p M anagem ent
Selecting and Using a Budgeting Approach:
Selecting and Using a Budgeting Approach:
Managers Should Participate Activel
Managers Should Participate Actively
y
23-5
2012 2013 2014 2015
Capital Budgets are for longer periods of time.
The annual operating budget may be
divided into quarterly or monthly budgets.
The Budget Period
The Budget Period
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The Master Budget
The Master Budget
23-7
Sales Budget
1-7
April May June Quarter
Budgeted
sales (units) 20,000 50,000 30,000 100,000
Selling
price per
unit 10
$ 10
$ 10
$ 10
$
Total
Revenue 200,000
$ 500,000
$ 300,000
$ 1,000,000
$
 Breakers, Inc. is preparing budgets for the quarter ending June 30.
 Budgeted sales for the next five months are:
 April 20,000 units
 May 50,000 units
 June 30,000 units
 July 25,000 units
 August 15,000 units.
 The selling price is $10 per unit.
Total Budgeted
Sales
=
Estimated Selling
Price per Unit
x
Estimated
Sales in Units
23-8
Production Budget
1-8
April May June Quarter
Sales in units 20,000 50,000 30,000 100,000
Add: desired
end. inventory 10,000 6,000 5,000 5,000
Total needed 30,000 56,000 35,000 105,000
Less: beg.
inventory 4,000 10,000 6,000 4,000
Units to be
produced 26,000 46,000 29,000 101,000
The management of Breakers, Inc. wants ending inventory to be equal to
20% of the following month’s budgeted sales in units.
On March 31, 4,000 units were on hand.
 Let’s prepare the production budget.
Total
Production
Units
=
Budgeted
Sales in Units
+
Desired Units of
Ending Finished
Goods Inventory
–
Desired Units of
Beginning Finished
Goods Inventory
23-9
Production Budget (cont)
1-9
April May June Quarter
Sales in units 20,000 50,000 30,000 100,000
Add: desired
end. inventory 10,000 6,000 5,000 5,000
Total needed 30,000 56,000 35,000 105,000
Less: beg.
inventory 4,000 10,000 6,000 4,000
Units to be
produced 26,000 46,000 29,000 101,000
From
sales
budget
March 31
March 31
nding inventory (as given)
nding inventory (as given)
Ending inventory becomes
Ending inventory becomes
beginning inventory the next
beginning inventory the next
month
month
23-10
Direct-Material Budget
1-10
• At Breakers, five pounds of material are required per unit of product.
• Management wants materials on hand at the end of each month equal to 10% of the
following month’s production.
• On March 31, 13,000 pounds of material are on hand. Material cost $.40 per pound.
Total Units of
Direct Materials
to Be Purchased
=
Total Production
Needs in Units of
Direct Materials
+
Desired Units of
Ending Direct
Materials
Inventory
–
Desired Units of
Beginning Direct
Materials
Inventory
23-11
Direct-Material Budget (cont)
From our
production budget
10% of the following
month’s production
March 31
inventory
June Ending Inventory
July production in units 23,000
Materials per unit 5
Total units needed 115,000
Inventory percentage 10%
June desired ending inventory 11,500
July Production
Sales in units 25,000
Add: desired ending inventory 3,000
Total units needed 28,000
Less: beginning inventory 5,000
Production in units 23,000
23-12
Direct-Labor Budget
From our production
budget
• At Breakers, each unit of product requires 0.1 hours of direct labor.
 Let’s prepare the direct labor budget.
Total Budgeted
Direct Labor Cost
=
Estimated Total
Direct Labor Hours
x
Estimated Direct Labor
Cost per Hour
23-13
Manufacturing Overhead Budget
1-13
Here is Breakers’ Overhead Budget for the quarter.
• At Breakers, variable manufacturing overhead (MOH) is $0.50 per unit produced.
• Fixed MOH is $50,000 per month.
• The $50,000 fixed expenses include $10,000 in depreciation expense that does not
require a cash outflows for the month.
23-14
Selling and Administrative Expense Budget
1-14
From our Sales budget
• At Breakers, variable selling and administrative expenses are $0.50 per unit sold.
• Fixed selling and administrative expenses are $70,000 per month.
• The $70,000 fixed expenses include $10,000 in depreciation expense that does not
require a cash outflows for the month.
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Cash Budget
The cash budget is divided into four
The cash budget is divided into four
sections:
sections:
1.
1.Cash receipts section lists all cash
Cash receipts section lists all cash
inflows excluding cash received from
inflows excluding cash received from
financing;
financing;
2.
2.Cash disbursements section consists
Cash disbursements section consists
of all cash payments excluding
of all cash payments excluding
repayments of principal and interest;
repayments of principal and interest;
3.
3.Cash excess or deficiency section
Cash excess or deficiency section
determines if the company will need to
determines if the company will need to
borrow money or if it will be able to repay
borrow money or if it will be able to repay
funds previously borrowed; and
funds previously borrowed; and
4.
4.Financing section details the
Financing section details the
borrowings and repayments projected to
borrowings and repayments projected to
take place during the budget period.
take place during the budget period.
Estimated Ending
Cash Balance
=
Total
Estimated
Cash Receipts
–
Total
Estimated
Cash
Payments
+
Estimated
Beginning Cash
Balance
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Cash Receipts Budget
• At Breakers, all sales are on account.
• The company’s collection pattern is:
 70% collected in the month of sale,
 25% collected in the month following sale,
 5% is uncollected.
• The March 31 accounts receivable balance of $30,000 will be collected in full.
23-17
Cash Disbursement Budget
140,000 lbs. × $.40/lb. = $56,000
• Breakers pays $0.40 per pound for its materials.
• One-half of a month’s purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the other half is
paid in the following month.
• No discounts are available.
• The March 31 accounts payable balance is $12,000.
23-18
Cash Budget
(Collections and Disbursements)
From our Cash Receipts
From our Cash Receipts
Budget
Budget
From our Cash Disbursements
From our Cash Disbursements
Budget
Budget
From our Direct Labor Budget
From our Direct Labor Budget
From our Overhead Budget
From our Overhead Budget
From our Selling and
From our Selling and
Administrative Expense
Administrative Expense
Budget
Budget
Breakers has an April 1 cash balance of $40,000.
23-19
Cash Budget (cont)
(Collections and Disbursements)
Breakers:
– Pays a cash dividend of $25,000 in April.
– Purchases $143,700 of equipment in May and $48,300 in June paid in cash.
23-20
Cash Budget
(Financing and Repayment)
Breakers must
borrow an addition
$31,800 to maintain
a cash balance of
$30,000.
At the end of June,
Breakers has
enough cash to
repay the $45,600
loan plus interest at
12%.
Breakers:
– Maintains a 12% open line of credit for $75,000.
– Maintains a minimum cash balance of $30,000.
– Borrows and repays loans on the last day of the month.
23-21
Participative Vs Top Down Budgeting
• A self-imposed budget or participative budget - a budget that
is prepared with the full cooperation and participation of
managers at all levels
• Top Down/Authoritative budgeting - Process in which higher
management personnel dictate targets for the budget
Flow of Budget Data
Flow of Budget Data
Top-Down
budgeting process
Participative
budgeting process
23-22
Behavioral Impact of Budgets
1-22
 The use budget for Performance Evaluation
• People often perceive that their performance will look
better in their superiors’ eyes if they can “beat the budget.”
 Impact of Budgets
• Budgetary slack (or padding the budget) exists when a
manager deliberately underestimates revenues or
overestimates costs in an effort to make the future period
appear less attractive in the budget than they think it will
be in reality.
• The act of padding the budget is unethical. It is certainly not
communicating information fairly and objectively and
constitutes a violation of the credibility standard.
23-23
End of Chapter 23
End of Chapter 23

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Topic 3 Budgeting - a comprehensive guidelines

  • 1. 23-1 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Operational Operational Budgeting Budgeting Chapter 23
  • 2. 23-2 Budgeting: The Basis for Planning Budgeting: The Basis for Planning and Control and Control Control Steps taken by management to ensure that objectives are attained. Planning Developing objectives for acquisition and use of resources. A budget is a comprehensive financial plan for achieving the financial and operational goals of an organization.
  • 3. 23-3 Coordination of activities Performance evaluation Enhanced management responsibility Assignment of decision- making responsibilities Benefits Derived from Budgeting Benefits Derived from Budgeting Benefits
  • 4. 23-4 Flow of Budget Data S upervisor S upervisor M iddle M anagem ent S upervisor S upervisor M iddle M anagem ent To p M anagem ent Selecting and Using a Budgeting Approach: Selecting and Using a Budgeting Approach: Managers Should Participate Activel Managers Should Participate Actively y
  • 5. 23-5 2012 2013 2014 2015 Capital Budgets are for longer periods of time. The annual operating budget may be divided into quarterly or monthly budgets. The Budget Period The Budget Period
  • 7. 23-7 Sales Budget 1-7 April May June Quarter Budgeted sales (units) 20,000 50,000 30,000 100,000 Selling price per unit 10 $ 10 $ 10 $ 10 $ Total Revenue 200,000 $ 500,000 $ 300,000 $ 1,000,000 $  Breakers, Inc. is preparing budgets for the quarter ending June 30.  Budgeted sales for the next five months are:  April 20,000 units  May 50,000 units  June 30,000 units  July 25,000 units  August 15,000 units.  The selling price is $10 per unit. Total Budgeted Sales = Estimated Selling Price per Unit x Estimated Sales in Units
  • 8. 23-8 Production Budget 1-8 April May June Quarter Sales in units 20,000 50,000 30,000 100,000 Add: desired end. inventory 10,000 6,000 5,000 5,000 Total needed 30,000 56,000 35,000 105,000 Less: beg. inventory 4,000 10,000 6,000 4,000 Units to be produced 26,000 46,000 29,000 101,000 The management of Breakers, Inc. wants ending inventory to be equal to 20% of the following month’s budgeted sales in units. On March 31, 4,000 units were on hand.  Let’s prepare the production budget. Total Production Units = Budgeted Sales in Units + Desired Units of Ending Finished Goods Inventory – Desired Units of Beginning Finished Goods Inventory
  • 9. 23-9 Production Budget (cont) 1-9 April May June Quarter Sales in units 20,000 50,000 30,000 100,000 Add: desired end. inventory 10,000 6,000 5,000 5,000 Total needed 30,000 56,000 35,000 105,000 Less: beg. inventory 4,000 10,000 6,000 4,000 Units to be produced 26,000 46,000 29,000 101,000 From sales budget March 31 March 31 nding inventory (as given) nding inventory (as given) Ending inventory becomes Ending inventory becomes beginning inventory the next beginning inventory the next month month
  • 10. 23-10 Direct-Material Budget 1-10 • At Breakers, five pounds of material are required per unit of product. • Management wants materials on hand at the end of each month equal to 10% of the following month’s production. • On March 31, 13,000 pounds of material are on hand. Material cost $.40 per pound. Total Units of Direct Materials to Be Purchased = Total Production Needs in Units of Direct Materials + Desired Units of Ending Direct Materials Inventory – Desired Units of Beginning Direct Materials Inventory
  • 11. 23-11 Direct-Material Budget (cont) From our production budget 10% of the following month’s production March 31 inventory June Ending Inventory July production in units 23,000 Materials per unit 5 Total units needed 115,000 Inventory percentage 10% June desired ending inventory 11,500 July Production Sales in units 25,000 Add: desired ending inventory 3,000 Total units needed 28,000 Less: beginning inventory 5,000 Production in units 23,000
  • 12. 23-12 Direct-Labor Budget From our production budget • At Breakers, each unit of product requires 0.1 hours of direct labor.  Let’s prepare the direct labor budget. Total Budgeted Direct Labor Cost = Estimated Total Direct Labor Hours x Estimated Direct Labor Cost per Hour
  • 13. 23-13 Manufacturing Overhead Budget 1-13 Here is Breakers’ Overhead Budget for the quarter. • At Breakers, variable manufacturing overhead (MOH) is $0.50 per unit produced. • Fixed MOH is $50,000 per month. • The $50,000 fixed expenses include $10,000 in depreciation expense that does not require a cash outflows for the month.
  • 14. 23-14 Selling and Administrative Expense Budget 1-14 From our Sales budget • At Breakers, variable selling and administrative expenses are $0.50 per unit sold. • Fixed selling and administrative expenses are $70,000 per month. • The $70,000 fixed expenses include $10,000 in depreciation expense that does not require a cash outflows for the month.
  • 15. 23-15 Cash Budget The cash budget is divided into four The cash budget is divided into four sections: sections: 1. 1.Cash receipts section lists all cash Cash receipts section lists all cash inflows excluding cash received from inflows excluding cash received from financing; financing; 2. 2.Cash disbursements section consists Cash disbursements section consists of all cash payments excluding of all cash payments excluding repayments of principal and interest; repayments of principal and interest; 3. 3.Cash excess or deficiency section Cash excess or deficiency section determines if the company will need to determines if the company will need to borrow money or if it will be able to repay borrow money or if it will be able to repay funds previously borrowed; and funds previously borrowed; and 4. 4.Financing section details the Financing section details the borrowings and repayments projected to borrowings and repayments projected to take place during the budget period. take place during the budget period. Estimated Ending Cash Balance = Total Estimated Cash Receipts – Total Estimated Cash Payments + Estimated Beginning Cash Balance
  • 16. 23-16 Cash Receipts Budget • At Breakers, all sales are on account. • The company’s collection pattern is:  70% collected in the month of sale,  25% collected in the month following sale,  5% is uncollected. • The March 31 accounts receivable balance of $30,000 will be collected in full.
  • 17. 23-17 Cash Disbursement Budget 140,000 lbs. × $.40/lb. = $56,000 • Breakers pays $0.40 per pound for its materials. • One-half of a month’s purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the other half is paid in the following month. • No discounts are available. • The March 31 accounts payable balance is $12,000.
  • 18. 23-18 Cash Budget (Collections and Disbursements) From our Cash Receipts From our Cash Receipts Budget Budget From our Cash Disbursements From our Cash Disbursements Budget Budget From our Direct Labor Budget From our Direct Labor Budget From our Overhead Budget From our Overhead Budget From our Selling and From our Selling and Administrative Expense Administrative Expense Budget Budget Breakers has an April 1 cash balance of $40,000.
  • 19. 23-19 Cash Budget (cont) (Collections and Disbursements) Breakers: – Pays a cash dividend of $25,000 in April. – Purchases $143,700 of equipment in May and $48,300 in June paid in cash.
  • 20. 23-20 Cash Budget (Financing and Repayment) Breakers must borrow an addition $31,800 to maintain a cash balance of $30,000. At the end of June, Breakers has enough cash to repay the $45,600 loan plus interest at 12%. Breakers: – Maintains a 12% open line of credit for $75,000. – Maintains a minimum cash balance of $30,000. – Borrows and repays loans on the last day of the month.
  • 21. 23-21 Participative Vs Top Down Budgeting • A self-imposed budget or participative budget - a budget that is prepared with the full cooperation and participation of managers at all levels • Top Down/Authoritative budgeting - Process in which higher management personnel dictate targets for the budget Flow of Budget Data Flow of Budget Data Top-Down budgeting process Participative budgeting process
  • 22. 23-22 Behavioral Impact of Budgets 1-22  The use budget for Performance Evaluation • People often perceive that their performance will look better in their superiors’ eyes if they can “beat the budget.”  Impact of Budgets • Budgetary slack (or padding the budget) exists when a manager deliberately underestimates revenues or overestimates costs in an effort to make the future period appear less attractive in the budget than they think it will be in reality. • The act of padding the budget is unethical. It is certainly not communicating information fairly and objectively and constitutes a violation of the credibility standard.
  • 23. 23-23 End of Chapter 23 End of Chapter 23

Editor's Notes

  • #1: Chapter 23: Operational Budgeting
  • #2: Budgeting is part of the planning process and helps us formalize our goals and objectives. Control involves the steps taken by management to ensure that we attain these goals, or at least that we are moving in the correct direction.
  • #3: There are many benefits to budgeting. In addition to planning and control mentioned earlier, budgeting improves performance evaluation and coordination of activities. One of the benefits that we may not think of right away is that budgeting provides a way to communicate plans throughout the business.
  • #4: In a participatory budgeting process, information flows upward from lower levels of the business to top management. Lower-level managers have more detailed knowledge because they are closer to the day-to-day activities and operations of the business.
  • #5: We need to choose a budgeting period. The normal operating budget for a business is one year. Generally, we break the year into quarters and then further into monthly budgets, which accumulate into annual totals. Capital budgets are for much longer periods of time, like 5-10 years, because they deal with long-term investments. We will cover capital budgets in Chapter 26. Many companies use a continuous or rolling twelve-month budget that drops off the immediate past month and adds one future month as the year progresses. A rolling budget allows a company to continuously work with a full one-year budget in place.
  • #6: A company’s budgeting process begins with a sales budget. The success of all subsequent steps in the process depends on an accurate sales budget. The final result of the budgeting process is a set of financial budgets including a budgeted cash flow statement, budgeted income statement, budgeted balance sheet and a capital expenditures budget. The many budgets and schedules making up the master budget are closely interrelated. Operating budgets are internal working budgets used by employees of the company. Financial budget information is more externally focused and more likely to be shared with creditors, investors, customers, labor unions, and so forth.
  • #7: The projected units are multiplied by $10 for each month to determine the budgeted revenue for the months of April, May, June and the quarter. (LO4)
  • #8: The number of units projected to be sold in the first month is obtained from the sales budget. (LO4) The desired ending inventory is calculated by multiplying the projected sales for the next month, May, by 20%. This is added to the projected sales to determine the units needed for April. (LO4) The ending inventory for the previous month, March, is deducted from the amount needed to determine the number of units that must be produced. (LO4) The ending inventory for the first month, April, becomes the beginning inventory for the second month. The May and June production budget are prepared in the same manner as April. (LO4) Sales in units for the quarter is the sum of April, May and June sales. Since the end of June is also the end of the quarter, the ending inventory for the quarter is the same as the ending inventory for June. Since the beginning of April is also the beginning of the quarter, the beginning inventory for the quarter is the same as April’s beginning inventory. Total units needed for the quarter is the sum of the sales units and the ending inventory. The beginning inventory is subtracted from the total units needed to arrive at the units to be produced for the quarter. (LO4)
  • #9: The number of units projected to be sold in the first month is obtained from the sales budget. (LO4) The desired ending inventory is calculated by multiplying the projected sales for the next month, May, by 20%. This is added to the projected sales to determine the units needed for April. (LO4) The ending inventory for the previous month, March, is deducted from the amount needed to determine the number of units that must be produced. (LO4) The ending inventory for the first month, April, becomes the beginning inventory for the second month. The May and June production budget are prepared in the same manner as April. (LO4) Sales in units for the quarter is the sum of April, May and June sales. Since the end of June is also the end of the quarter, the ending inventory for the quarter is the same as the ending inventory for June. Since the beginning of April is also the beginning of the quarter, the beginning inventory for the quarter is the same as April’s beginning inventory. Total units needed for the quarter is the sum of the sales units and the ending inventory. The beginning inventory is subtracted from the total units needed to arrive at the units to be produced for the quarter. (LO4)
  • #10: The first row in the direct materials budget is the units to be produced each month and for the quarter. This information is obtained from the production budget. (LO4) For each month, the units to be produced needs to be multiplied by 5 pounds to determine the amount of direct materials needed in each month. The ending inventory for April is 10% of May’s direct material needs. The desired ending inventory for April is added to the production needs for April. (LO4) The beginning inventory is subtracted from the total direct material needed for the month to arrive at the materials to be purchased. (LO4) The calculations are the same for each month. As in the production budget, the ending inventory for the quarter is the same as the ending inventory for June and the beginning inventory for the quarter is the same as the beginning inventory in April. (LO4)
  • #11: The first row in the direct materials budget is the units to be produced each month and for the quarter. This information is obtained from the production budget. (LO4) For each month, the units to be produced needs to be multiplied by 5 pounds to determine the amount of direct materials needed in each month. The ending inventory for April is 10% of May’s direct material needs. The desired ending inventory for April is added to the production needs for April. (LO4) The beginning inventory is subtracted from the total direct material needed for the month to arrive at the materials to be purchased. (LO4) The calculations are the same for each month. As in the production budget, the ending inventory for the quarter is the same as the ending inventory for June and the beginning inventory for the quarter is the same as the beginning inventory in April. (LO4)
  • #12: The direct labor budget starts with the units to be produced from the production budget. (LO4) The production for each month and the quarter is multiplied by one tenth of an hour to determine the labor hours required. (LO4) The labor hours required is compared to the guaranteed of labor hours. The labor hours to be paid is the greater of the two for each month. The labor hours to be paid for the quarter is the sum of the labor hours paid for the three months. (LO4) The labor hours paid is multiplied by the $8 wage rate to determine the total direct labor cost. (LO4)
  • #13: The manufacturing-overhead budget shows the cost of overhead expected to be incurred in the production process during the budget period. Breaker’s manufacturing overhead budget lists the expected cost of each overhead item by month. At the bottom of the schedule, the total budgeted overhead for each month is shown. (LO4)
  • #14: Once again, we start with the units sales for each month and the quarter from the sales budget. (LO4) The sales for each month and the quarter are multiplied by the variable selling and administrative cost rate of 50 cents to determine the variable S&A costs. This is added to the fixed S&A costs of $70,000 for each month to arrive at the total S&A expenses for each month. Don’t forget that the fixed S&A expenses for the quarter is the sum of fixed S&A expenses for the three months. (LO4) The noncash expenses are deducted from the total expenses to determine the amount of cash disbursements required for each month and the quarter for selling and administrative expenses. (LO4)
  • #15: The beginning cash balance for the quarter is April’s beginning cash balance. The cash collections for the quarter are added to determine the total cash available for the quarter. Each item’s cash disbursements are totalled for the quarter and then added together to determined the total cash disbursements for the quarter. The disbursements for the quarter are then deducted from the collections for the quarter. There is a $37,200 cash surplus for the quarter. (LO4)
  • #16: During April, the remained of March’s sales will be collected, which is the $30,000 accounts receivable balance on March 31. 70% of April’s sales are also expected to be collected in April. Therefore, the total collections expected in April is $170,000. (LO4) May’s collections will be 25% of April’s sales and 70% of May’s sales. June’s collections will be 25% of May’s sales and 70% of June’s sales. The collections for the quarter is the sum of the collections for the three months. (LO4)
  • #17: The purchases for each month is multiplied by 40 cents to determine the cost of materials purchased for the month. This cost is then multiplied by 50%. 50% of April’s materials purchases will be paid for in April, the remaining 50% will be paid in May. This pattern is followed in May and June to determine the cash disbursements for materials for each month. (LO4) The cash disbursements for each month are added together to determine the cash disbursements for the quarter. (LO4)
  • #18: The cash budget is a combination of the cash receipts budget, the cash disbursements for materials budget and other cash disbursements required, such as for direct materials, overhead, etc. The cash budget starts with the beginning cash balance for April. This is also the beginning cash balance for the quarter. The cash collections for the month are found on the cash receipts budget and added to the beginning cash balance to arrive at the total cash available. (LO4) The cash outflow for materials is found on the cash disbursements budget. (LO4) The cash outflow for wages can be found on the direct labor budget. (LO4) Cash outflow requirements for manufacturing overhead can be found on the overhead budget. (LO4) Cash outflow for S&A costs can be found on the selling and administrative expense budget. (LO4) There are no equipment purchases made in April, but there are dividends paid. The disbursements are totalled and them subtracted from the total cash available for the month. In April, there is a cash deficit. (LO4)
  • #19: The beginning cash balance for the quarter is April’s beginning cash balance. The cash collections for the quarter are added to determine the total cash available for the quarter. Each item’s cash disbursements are totalled for the quarter and then added together to determined the total cash disbursements for the quarter. The disbursements for the quarter are then deducted from the collections for the quarter. There is a $37,200 cash surplus for the quarter. (LO4)
  • #20: No let’s discuss the financing and repayment needs. Because there is a cash deficit in April, Breakers must borrow $35,000 to maintain the $30,000 minimum balance required. The ending cash balance for April becomes the beginning cash balance for May. (LO4) Cash collections and disbursements are determined in the same manner for the month of May. Although there is not a cash deficit at the end of May, the $16,200 available is still below the $30,000 minimum balance requirement by $13,800. (LO4)Therefo re, Breakers must borrow an additional $13,800 at the end of May to have a $30,000 cash balance for the beginning of June. (LO4) The $35,000 borrowed at the end of April requires a $700 interest payment and the $13,800 borrowed at the end of May requires an interest payment of $138. The total to be repaid for principle and interest is $49,638. The ending cash balance for June is also the ending cash balance for the quarter. (LO4) The borrowings for the quarter is the sum of the borrowings in April and May. The repayments and interest for the quarter occurred in June. The ending cash balance for the quarter is the ending cash balance for June since the end of June is also the end of the quarter. (LO4)
  • #21: Most people will perform better and make greater attempts to achieve a goal if they have been consulted in setting the goal. The idea of participative budgeting is to involve employees throughout an organization in the budgetary process. Such participation can give employees the feeling that “this is our budget,” rather than the all-too-common feeling that “this is the budget you imposed on us.” While participative budgeting can be very effective, it also can have shortcomings. Too much participation and discussion can lead to uncertainty and delay. Also, when those involved in the budgeting process disagree in significant and irreconcilable ways, the process of participation can accentuate those differences. Finally, the problem of budget padding can be severe unless incentives for accurate projections are provided. (LO8)
  • #22: When a supervisor provides a departmental cost projection for budgetary purposes, there is an incentive to overestimate costs. When the actual cost incurred in the department proves to be less than the inflated cost projection, the supervisor appears to have managed in a cost-effective way. At least that is the perception of many managers, and, in the behavioral area, perceptions are what count most. These illustrations are examples of padding the budget. Budget padding means underestimating revenue or overestimating costs. The difference between the revenue or cost projection that a person provides and a realistic estimate of the revenue or cost is called budgetary slack. (LO8)
  • #23: End of Chapter 23.