Answer:
b. the budget is adjusted to the actual activity for the period.
Explanation:
A flexible budget performance report is a comparison between actual costs and revenues, and the budgeted income and expenses at the end of a period, based on actual performance. The report shows the difference between the actual results and the estimated numbers. Management uses the report to determine if the company's results were in line with management expectations.
The performance report is prepared at the end of a financial period. It helps the management analyse any major variances between the actual performance at the estimated numbers at the beginning of a period. The report helps the management identify the companies strong areas, and the sections that need improvements.
Answer:
c. will earn zero economic profits but positive accounting profits
Explanation:
A competitive industry is characterised by many buyers and sellers of homogenous goods and services.
There are no barriers to entry and exit of firms. If firms in a competitive industry earn economic profit in the short run, firms enter into the industry in the long run and economic profit falls to zero.
A competitive firm earns accounting profit but doesn't earn economic profit.
Accounting profit = Revenue - Cost
Economic profit = Accounting profit - Opportunity cost
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Answer: See explanation
Explanation:
The year-end adjusting entry to record the cost side of sales returns and allowances will be:
Dr Inventory Return estimated $3200
Cr Cost of goods sold $3200
(To record expected coat of returns)
Note that the above calculation was done as:
= $64,000 × 5%
= $64,000 × 0.05
= $3200
