What is the major difference between a master budget and an operating budget?

Order Instructions

1.) What is the major difference between a master budget and an operating budget? Compare the benefits and risks of creating and using these two budgets.

2.) Describe how standard costs are determined by a manufacturing company. Describe two types of standard cost variances that are used by management to assess both the efficiency and effectiveness of comparing actual hours to standard hours.

3.a) Don, the owner of Walt Incorporated, has a building that he bought for $3,500,000. It has depreciated by $550,000. Now, Don wants to sell it for $4,500,000. He has heard about ordinary losses and capital losses. Unfortunately, Don does not know the difference between these two types of losses. To add to the confusion, he does not know what the difference is between a realized and a recognized loss.

3.b ) How would you explain differences of these types of losses to Don?

4.) Imagine that you are an employer trying to decide whether to sponsor a qualified retirement plan or a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for your employees. What are the tax and nontax consequences of each plan?

Based on what you know about the different plans, what would be your justification for selecting the one you choose?