Master Budget Basics
Variances
Favorable vs Unfavorable
Formulas
Responsibility Accounting
100

This budget is the starting point of the master budget.

What is the sales budget?

100

This variance measures the difference between actual price and standard price.

What is price (cost) variance?

100

For costs, when actual cost is lower than standard, this occurs.

What is a favorable variance?

100

This is the formula for sales revenue.

What is units × selling price?

100

This type of center is evaluated using ROI and residual income.

What is an investment center?

200

This budget determines how much inventory must be purchased.

What is the inventory (purchases) budget?

200

This variance measures how efficiently inputs were used.

What is quantity (usage) variance?

200

For sales, when actual revenue exceeds expected revenue, this occurs.

What is a favorable variance?

200

This is the formula for inventory purchases.

What is COGS + ending inventory – beginning inventory?

200

This measure is expressed as a percentage.

What is ROI?

300

This budget includes depreciation and other operating expenses.

What is the selling & administrative budget?

300

The formula (AP – SP) × AQ calculates this.

What is price variance?

300

If actual materials used exceeds standard allowed, this is ______.

What is unfavorable?

300

This is the formula for ROI.

What is operating income ÷ operating assets?

300

This measure is expressed in dollars.

What is residual income?

400

This budget combines all cash inflows and outflows.

What is the cash budget?

400

The formula (AQ – SQ) × SP calculates this.

What is quantity variance?

400

Paying less than expected for materials results in this type of variance.

What is favorable?

400

This is the formula for residual income.

What is operating income – (operating assets × required rate)?

400

This problem occurs when managers reject profitable projects due to percentage concerns.

What is ROI discouraging investment?

500

These two financial statements are produced at the end of the master budget.

What are the pro forma income statement and balance sheet?

500

These two components always make up total variance.

What are price variance and quantity variance?

500

Using more labor hours than expected results in this.

What is an unfavorable variance?

500

This formula isolates the price effect only in variance analysis.

What is (AP – SP) × AQ?

500

This method fixes the ROI issue by focusing on minimum required return.

What is residual income?