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BUSS1 Setting Budgets 1

Tommy and Luke are in the process of setting up their own business (T & L Ltd) specialising in
website design and personal computer repairs for small businesses. They have drawn up income
and expenditure budgets (see below).
T & L Budgets
Income from website design
Income from computer repairs
Expenditure: Overheads
Labour costs
Parts and other materials used
Profit/(loss) budget
1

January
(000s)
2.5
4.0
1.0
1.5
1.0
(a)

February
(000s)
3.0
5.5

March
(000s)

(b)
1.7
1.2
4.0

Calculate the missing figures in the budgets:(a)


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(b)
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For March Tommy and Luke have set the following targets:(a)
25% increase on February for income from website design
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(b)
1 500 increase on February for income from computer repairs
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(c)
30% increase on February for overheads
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(d)
Labour costs to be the average of January and February
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(e)
500 increase on February for parts
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(2 marks)
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Complete the March budgets using the above targets and calculate the target profit/(loss)
figure for March.
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(2 marks)

Extension: What are the advantages to a new entrepreneur


of setting income and expenditure budgets?

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