1. Some expenses that appear in the income statement do not require a direct cash payment during the period. List at least 2 such expenses.
2. Explain the purposes of the following budgets: (a) debt service budget (b) current payable budget (c) estimated cash receipts from customers and (d) prepayment budget
3. Explain why it is necessary to distinguish between cash budget estimates and operating budget estimates
4. When evaluating the performance of a manager, why should fixed costs be divded into the categories of controllable costs and committed costs
5. What is a rolling budget? Why do some companies choose to use rolling budgets?
6. Frequently the disadvantages of budgeting are not discussed in textbooks.What are some disadvantages to budgeting?