budgets Flashcards

1
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what are the difficulties constructing budgets

A

difficult to forecast sales accurately
risk of unexpected changes
external factors

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2
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what is variance analysis

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process of investigating any differences between forecast data and actual data

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3
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what is adverse and favouorable

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adverse means you over predicted
favourable means u underpredicted

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4
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advantages of budgetting

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aims to control finances affectivly
allows you to not overspend
budgets can motivate staff

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