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Bpp revision kit , 68 Newtown School

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  • May 18, 2016 at 9:43 am #315589
    Igrar
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    Hello, Sir. In this question i actually didnt get point why in the answer they do not include the effect of next years inflation when calculating salaries and capital expenditure.

    May 18, 2016 at 2:41 pm #315630
    John Moffat
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    The have included the effect of inflation when calculating the salaries.
    The increase will be half way through the year and so they have taken half the year at the current amount plus half a year at an amount inflated by 2% (see workings 2!)

    With regard to the capital expenditure, the question says that it ‘will be’ 145,000 or it ‘will be’ 80,000. It does not say that it will be 145000 plus inflation so presumably any inflation has been taken into account when they estimated these figures.

    May 18, 2016 at 2:46 pm #315632
    Igrar
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    So that 2% is the adjustment for inflation in working 2 or it is an adjustment for pay rise of 2%? Or they should be taken into account as the same?

    May 18, 2016 at 3:20 pm #315658
    John Moffat
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    Imagine that you are given a pay rise of 2%.

    Although part of the reason for them giving you a pay rise of 2% might be because there is inflation in the country, you would surely assume that your pay will increase just by 2% (not by the 2% they told you, plus an extra X% because there is inflation at X%) 🙂

    Salaries only ever increase by the amount the employer decides to increase them by (which may be more than inflation, less than inflation, or the same as inflation!)

    May 18, 2016 at 8:22 pm #315697
    Igrar
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    Thank you for your patience and explanations, sir!
    Appreciate it so much!

    May 19, 2016 at 7:48 am #315739
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

    March 4, 2019 at 12:27 pm #507398
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    Sir, the d) question says, discuss the extent to which zero-based budgeting (ZBB) could be used by Newtown School to improve the budgeting process?

    But I don’t really understand what is discretionary cost, and when to use ZBB ?

    March 4, 2019 at 12:34 pm #507399
    joynow
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    From Past paper Jun 2013

    March 4, 2019 at 5:31 pm #507496
    John Moffat
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    Discretionary costs are costs that do not have to be spent depending on what they decide to do.

    As far as when to use ZBB is concerned, there are no rules. ZBB is a better approach when budgeting and I explain why in my free lectures on budgeting.

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