Horngren's Accounting (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133856781
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 22, Problem 13QC
Information technology has made it easier for managers to perform all of the following tasks except
Learning Objective 7
a. preparing performance reports that identify variances between actual and budgeted revenues and costs.
b. combining individual units' budgets into the companywide budget
c. sensitivity analyses.
d. removing budgetary slack from the budget.
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Chapter 22 Solutions
Horngren's Accounting (11th Edition)
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