The following statements have been made about budgeting.
(1) An incremental budget is a budget which is designed to change as the volume of output changes.
(2) Zero-based budgeting is used to compare the incremental cost and related benefits of activities.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
Toots Co has made healthy profits for the past year, although at times the company has been close to running out of cash.
Because Toots Co is profitable, Adam, their accountant is unconcerned by the cash shortage. Jo, the financial controller at
Toots Co, is concerned. Jo tells Adam, ‘profits are fine on paper, but in the real world cash is king’. Jo believes Toots Co
needs to take a more proactive approach to cash flow management.
Adam and Jo have two different views. Who is correct, and why?
Which of the following is a characteristic of feedback?
Which one of the following statements correctly identifies a valid disadvantage to users of financial statements of the sta
tement of cash flows?
A budget that is continuously updated by adding a further accounting period (a month or a quarter) when the earlier accounting period has expired is known as a:
What amount should appear in the group's consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 20X2 for goodwill?
The following statements have been made about zero base budgeting.
(1) The zero base budgeting process seeks to identify long-term benefits and improvements, even if they are sometimes made at the expense of short-term profitability.
(2) A barrier to the use of zero base budgeting is the possibility that management may not have the skills to apply it.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
What amount should appear in the group's consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 20X2 for
non-controlling interest?
A control system that reacts to historical changes in the business environment, usually to maintain a desired state of operations, is known as:
What amount should appear in the group's consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 20X2 for retained
earnings?