Please ask the following questions:

1-What happens when a company is inflating the budget?

2-Are there ways to utilize accounting software, such as Excel, to spot any issues in general or even in the spreadsheet that the owner receives when the budget is inflated?

3- What steps might you take to review an assumption and help the owner understand what might be going on in the spreadsheet he received if you are a company's controller.

Please include your source and in-text citation.