Copy and paste the following questions into a Microsoft Word document. Answer each question with a minimum of two to three (2-3) sentences.

Copy and paste the following questions into a Microsoft Word document. Answer each question with a minimum of two to three (2-3) sentences. Some questions will require substantially more than that to fully respond to the prompt. Be thorough when addressing each item and make sure you answer each part of the prompt. Please Answer ALL the questions.

What is a budget?

What are the (six) benefits of having a budget?

What is a master budget? Describe its components.

What is a static planning budget?

What is a flexible budget? 

How does a flexible budget differ from a static planning budget?

What are three reasons that actual results may differ from what had been budgeted for at the beginning of a period? 

How does a flexible budget account for these variances?