Budgeting for Marketing Expenses by Computing a Percentage of Forecasted

question 1

Multiple Choice

Budgeting for marketing expenses by computing a percentage of forecasted sales:

• A) is especially suitable for new products.
• B) always results in increased expenditure levels from year to year.
• C) is very complicated-and thus this method is not used very often.
• D) may lead to a drop in marketing expenses at a time when the firm wants to maintain or expand sales.
• E) tends to result in large changes in marketing expenses from year to year.

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