Question

TipTop Flight School offers flying lessons at a small municipal airport. The school’s owner and manager has been attempting to evaluate performance and control costs using a variance report that compares the planning budget to actual results. A recent variance report appears below:

TipTop Flight School Variance Report For the Month Ended July 31
	Actual Results				Planning Budget				Variances
Lessons		155				150
Revenue	$	33,900			$	33,000			$	900		F
Expenses:
Instructor wages		9,870				9,750				120		U
Aircraft depreciation		5,890				5,700				190		U
Fuel		2,750				2,250				500		U
Maintenance		2,450				2,330				120		U
Ground facility expenses		1,540				1,550				10		F
Administration		3,320				3,390				70		F
Total expense		25,820				24,970				850		U
Net operating income	$	8,080			$	8,030			$	50		F

After several months of using such variance reports, the owner has become frustrated. For example, she is quite confident that instructor wages were very tightly controlled in July, but the report shows an unfavorable variance.

The planning budget was developed using the following formulas, where q is the number of lessons sold:

	Cost Formulas
Revenue	$220q
Instructor wages	$65q
Aircraft depreciation	$38q
Fuel	$15q
Maintenance	$530 + $12q
Ground facility expenses	$1,250 + $2q
Administration	$3,240 + $1q

  
Required:

2. Complete the flexible budget performance report for the school for July. (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.)

TipTop Flight School Flexible Budget Performance Report For the Month Ended July 31 Actual Results Flexible Budget Planning Budget Lessons 155 150 Revenue $33,900 $33,000 Expenses: Instructor wages 9,870 9,750 Aircraft depreciation 5,890 5,700 Fuel 2,750 2,250 Maintenance 2,450 2,330 Ground facility expenses 1,540 1,550 Administration 3,320 3,390 Total expense 25,820 24,970 Net operating income $8,080 $8,030

Answer 1

Answer:

	Actual Results	Flexible Budget	Planning Budget
Lessons	155.00	155.00	150.00
Revenue	$    33,900.00	$      34,100.00	$        33,000.00
Expenses:
Instructor wages	$      9,870.00	$      10,075.00	$          9,750.00
Aircraft depreciation	$      5,890.00	$        5,890.00	$          5,700.00
Fuel	$      2,750.00	$        2,325.00	$          2,250.00
Maintenance	$      2,450.00	$        2,390.00	$          2,330.00
Ground facility expenses	$      1,540.00	$        1,560.00	$          1,550.00
Administration	$      3,320.00	$        3,395.00	$          3,390.00
Total expense	$    25,820.00	$      25,635.00	$        24,970.00
Net operating income	$      8,080.00	$        8,465.00	$          8,030.00

Calculations:

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