How does management use the cash budget to motivateemployees?
How does management use the cash budget to control theoperations?
The use of estimates is important in the cash budget, how canmanagement ensure the proper estimates have been made? What are theresults if estimates are too high? What are the results ifestimates are too low?
How does management use the cash budget to motivateemployees?
How does management use the cash budget to control theoperations?
The use of estimates is important in the cash budget, how canmanagement ensure the proper estimates have been made? What are theresults if estimates are too high? What are the results ifestimates are too low?
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T&P Fashion Shops
T&P Fashion Shops is a new chain that operates 10 stores inmajor malls throughout the United States. Each store manager isresponsible for preparing a flexible budget for the store. T&Pheadquarters accumulates and analyzes the information for eachstore and in the aggregate.
Below follows some cost estimates for the Houston store.
T&P Fashions | |||
Flexible Budget Information | |||
Expense | Fixed | Variable | |
Cost of sales | $210,000 | 40% | $740,000 |
Management | 27,000 | 12% | 186,000 |
Shop assistants | 162,000 | 8% | 268,000 |
Rent | 13,200 | 5% | 54,450 |
Utilities | 34,800 | 34,800 | |
| Total Cost | $447,000 | $1,283,250 | |
Additional information
The sales forecast for the year is $1,400,000.
Variable expenses are based on revenues. Do note that percentageclause for rent only kicks in above $500,000 in sales.
Other expenses are all specific to this store. Headquarters payfor marketing and corporate overhead expenses.
T&P wants to see a flexible budget based on the salesforecast, including estimates for sales being 10% below budget and10% above budget.
Actual results
T&P Fashions | |
Actual Results from Operations | |
Revenues | $1,325,000 |
Cost of sales | 790,000 |
Management | 208,000 |
Shop assistants | 230,000 |
Rent | 58,200 |
Utilities | 31,000 |
Operating profit | $7,800 |
Required:
Computations (use Excel)
Prepare a flexible budget in good format.
Compute the flexible variances and indicate whether favorable orunfavorable.
Headquarters are contemplating charging each store a 5%marketing expense based on sales. How will that affect theoperating profit of the store and the money available formanagerial bonuses based on actual results for the past year?Summarize the information in the table.
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