Professional Documents
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Eighth Edition
Chapter 10
Budgetary Control and
Responsibility Accounting
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Chapter Outline
Learning Objectives
LO 1 Describe budgetary control and static budget reports.
LO 2 Prepare flexible budget reports.
LO 3 Apply responsibility accounting to cost and profit
centers.
LO 4 Evaluate performance in investment centers.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1
Describe budgetary control and static budget reports.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2
Prepare flexible budget reports.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3
Apply responsibility accounting to cost and profit
centers.
• Cost center
o Incurs costs, does not generate revenues
o Managers have authority to incur costs
o Managers evaluated on ability to control costs
o Usually a production or service department
• Profit center
• Investment center
• Investment center
o Incurs costs, generates revenues, and has investment
funds available for use
o Manager evaluated on profitability and rate of return
earned on funds
o Often a subsidiary company or a product line
o Manager able to control or significantly influence
investment decisions
Expenses and
Investment Revenues and
Center Return on
Investment
Report does not show noncontrollable fixed costs of $60,000. These costs would be
included in a report on the profitability of the profit center.
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Types of Responsibility Centers
Responsibility Report Question
In a responsibility report for a profit center, controllable
fixed costs are deducted from contribution margin to
show:
a. Profit center margin
b. Controllable margin
c. Net income
d. Income from operations
.
Budget .
Actual
Sales $1,500,000 $1,700,000
Variable costs 700,000 800,000
Controllable fixed costs 400,000 400,000
Noncontrollable fixed costs 200,000 200,000
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 4
Evaluate performance in investment centers.
$39, 200
19.6%
$280, 000 $80, 000
Without
. . .
Tracker
Tracker With Tracker
Contribution margin (a) $1,000,000 $260,000 $1,260,000
Average operating assets × 10% (b) 500,000 200,000 700,000
Residual income [(a) − (b)] $ 500,000 $ 60,000 $ 560,000
Tracker SeaDog
Contribution margin (a) $260,000 $460,000
Average operating assets × 10% (b) 200,000 400,000
Residual income [(a) − (b)] $ 60,000 $ 60,000