Question

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

	Fixed Cost per Month			Cost per Car Washed
Cleaning supplies				$	0.60
Electricity	$	1,300		$	0.07
Maintenance				$	0.10
Wages and salaries	$	4,500		$	0.40
Depreciation	$	8,500
Rent	$	2,100
Administrative expenses	$	1,500		$	0.02

For example, electricity costs are $1,300 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,400 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.30 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August are as follows:

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed		8,500
Revenue	$	55,020
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies		5,540
Electricity		1,858
Maintenance		1,080
Wages and salaries		8,220
Depreciation		8,500
Rent		2,300
Administrative expenses		1,568
Total expense		29,066
Net operating income	$	25,954

Required:

Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s revenue and spending variances and activity variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Answer 1

Lavage Rapide
Flexible Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended August 31
	Actual Results	Revenue and Spending Variances		Flexible Budget	Activity Variances		Planning Budget
Actual cars washed	8,500			8,500			8,400
Revenue ($6.30q)	$              55,020.00	$  1,470.00	F	$    53,550.00	$     630.00	F	$            52,920.00
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies ($0.60q)	$                5,540.00	$     440.00	U	$      5,100.00	$       60.00	U	$              5,040.00
Electricity ($1,300 + $0.07q)	$                1,858.00	$       37.00	F	$      1,895.00	$         7.00	U	$              1,888.00
Maintenance ($0.10q)	$                1,080.00	$     230.00	U	$         850.00	$       10.00	U	$                 840.00
Wages and salaries ($4,500 + $0.40q)	$                8,220.00	$     320.00	U	$      7,900.00	$  3,399.88	U	$              4,500.12
Depreciation	$                8,500.00	$            -	None	$      8,500.00	$            -	None	$              8,500.00
Rent	$                2,300.00	$     200.00	U	$      2,100.00	$            -	none	$              2,100.00
Administrative expenses ($1500 + $0.20q)	$                1,568.00	$     102.00	F	$      1,670.00	$     170.00	U	$              1,500.00
Total expense	$              29,066.00	$  1,051.00	U	$    28,015.00	$  3,646.88	U	$            24,368.12
Net operating income	$              25,954.00	$     419.00	F	$    25,535.00	$  3,016.88	U	$            28,551.88