Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Budgeting and budgetary control

Budgeting and budgetary control — practice question

Look at Source B1 in the insert.
(a)[2]

Explain one reason for preparing a cash budget.

(b)[11]

Prepare a cash budget for each of the three months ending 31 August 2022.

(c)[5]

Prepare a budgeted income statement for the three-month period ending 31 August 2022.

(d)[5]

Calculate how the new credit policy affects the company’s cash receipts for each of the three months ending 31 August 2022.

(e)[2]

Comment on how the new credit policy affects the company’s profitability for the three-month period ending 31 August 2022. Support your answer with calculations.

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This 25-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Identify whether there is a short- or long-term cash deficit or surplus

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