Seri Sdn Bhd operates a chain of holiday resorts throughout Malaysia. The management wants to improvise...

  

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Seri Sdn Bhd operates a chain of holiday resorts throughout Malaysia. The management wants to improvise its current budgetary control system by incorporating activity-based management and simple time series analysis. However, the Chief Executive Officer has some reservations to the effectiveness of this change. The budget for the planning and development department of the company is currently prepared as part of a traditional budgetary planning and control system. The analysis of cost by overheads for the period ended 30 September 2021 where this system is in use is as follows: Overheads Type Salaries and wages Supplies Consultation and management fees Research and development costs Building rates Budgeted Actual % % 62 10 14 12 2 63 11 12 10 4 The total budget and actual costs of fixed production overheads for the department for the period ended 30 September 2021 are RM800,000 and RM950,000 respectively. For an activity- based costing approach, the company has identified a number of activities for the planning and development department, which has two divisions: Division 1 and Division 2. Total budget and actual costs that should be attributed to the activities have been identified based on the following: (18 marks) b) By using the most appropriate cost drivers, based on budgeted costs, calculate the attributable overheads for Division 1 and Division 2. (Figures are to be stated to the nearest round number). (12 marks) c) Explain briefly how time series can assist the management accountant for budgeting and forecasting purposes. (2 marks) d) Examine critically three possible problems that can be associated with improvising a budgetary control system and give suggestions to overcome these problems. (3 marks) Seri Sdn Bhd operates a chain of holiday resorts throughout Malaysia. The management wants to improvise its current budgetary control system by incorporating activity-based management and simple time series analysis. However, the Chief Executive Officer has some reservations to the effectiveness of this change. The budget for the planning and development department of the company is currently prepared as part of a traditional budgetary planning and control system. The analysis of cost by overheads for the period ended 30 September 2021 where this system is in use is as follows: Overheads Type Salaries and wages Supplies Consultation and management fees Research and development costs Building rates Budgeted Actual % % 62 10 14 12 2 63 11 12 10 4 The total budget and actual costs of fixed production overheads for the department for the period ended 30 September 2021 are RM800,000 and RM950,000 respectively. For an activity- based costing approach, the company has identified a number of activities for the planning and development department, which has two divisions: Division 1 and Division 2. Total budget and actual costs that should be attributed to the activities have been identified based on the following: (18 marks) b) By using the most appropriate cost drivers, based on budgeted costs, calculate the attributable overheads for Division 1 and Division 2. (Figures are to be stated to the nearest round number). (12 marks) c) Explain briefly how time series can assist the management accountant for budgeting and forecasting purposes. (2 marks) d) Examine critically three possible problems that can be associated with improvising a budgetary control system and give suggestions to overcome these problems. (3 marks)

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