The cash budget uses information from several other budgets. Which of the following budgets is NOT used to prepare the cash budget?

Question

Multiple choice question.

Direct labor

Sales

Selling and administrative

Production

Answer 1

The budget that is NOT used to prepare the cash budget is Selling and administrative.

While sales, production, and direct labor budgets provide information related to cash inflows and outflows, the selling and administrative budget typically focuses on overhead costs, which may not directly relate to cash flows in the same way.