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3 years ago

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of budgeting?

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Mama L [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

a.It provides organizational independence.

Explanation:

Budget is a statement of income and expenditure of a certain period. Budgets are useful for forecasting the operating activities and financial position of a business enterprise and it ensures good business practice because they plan for future.

Organizational independence is a state in which an organization is not vulnerable for personnel turnover. Independent Organizations are normally mon profits or non government organizations and they are defined to be a collection of people who to pursue a charitable goal be it local, national or global level. Budgeting is applicable on dependent organizations instead of independent Organizations.

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From the given information;

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$= \dfrac{cash \ flow \ at \ year \ 1}{1+X_1}+ \dfrac{cash \ flow \ at \ year \ 2}{(1+X_2)^2}+... + \dfrac{cash \ flow \ at \ year \ b}{(1+X_n)^n}$

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= $\dfrac{40}{1+ 0.03021}+ \dfrac{1000+40}{(1+0.03285)^2}$

$= \dfrac{40}{(1.03021)}+ \dfrac{1040}{(1.03285)^2}}$

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