Managerial Accounting (15th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 007802563X
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-563-1

Chapter 8 - Master Budgeting - Questions - Page 370: 8-3

Answer

Responsibility accounting is a system of accountability in which managers are held responsible for those items of revenue and cost and only those items, over which they can exert significant control. The managers are held responsible for differences between budgeted and actual results.

Work Step by Step

--
Update this answer!

You can help us out by revising, improving and updating this answer.

Update this answer

After you claim an answer you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. An editor will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback.

GradeSaver will pay $15 for your literature essays
GradeSaver will pay $25 for your college application essays
GradeSaver will pay $50 for your graduate school essays – Law, Business, or Medical
GradeSaver will pay $10 for your Community Note contributions
GradeSaver will pay $500 for your Textbook Answer contributions