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		220			215
Revenue	$	59,130		$	58,050		$	1,080	F
Expenses:
Instructor wages		17,385			17,200			185	U
Aircraft depreciation		7,260			7,095			165	U
Fuel		4,550			3,870			680	U
Maintenance		4,080			3,895			185	U
Ground facility expenses		2,895			2,910			15	F
Administration		4,025			4,185			160	F
Total expense		40,195			39,155			1,040	U
Net operating income	$	18,935		$	18,895		$	40	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	$270q
Instructor wages	$80q
Aircraft depreciation	$33q
Fuel	$18q
Maintenance	$670 + $15q
Ground facility expenses	$2,050 + $4q
Administration	$3,540 + $3q

  
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.)

Answer 1

Tip Top Flight School
Flexible Budget Report
For the month ended July 31
		Actual results	Revenue and Spending Variances	Flexible Budget	Activity Variance	Planning Budget
Lessons	q	220			220			215
Revenue	($270 * q)	$ 59,130	$            270	U	$ 59,400	$   1,350	F	$ 58,050
Expenses:
Instructor wages	($80 * q)	$ 17,385	$            215	F	$ 17,600	$      400	U	$ 17,200
Aircraft depreciation	($33 * q)	$   7,260	0	None	$    7,260	$      165	U	$   7,095
Fuel	($18 * q)	$   4,550	$            590	U	$    3,960	$         90	U	$   3,870
Maintenance	$670 + ($15 * q)	$   4,080	$            110	U	$    3,970	$         75	U	$   3,895
Ground facility expenses	$2050 + ($4 * q)	$   2,895	$               35	F	$    2,930	$         20	U	$   2,910
Administration	$3540 + ($3 * q)	$   4,025	$            175	F	$    4,200	$         15	U	$   4,185
Total expense		$ 40,195	$            275	U	$ 39,920	$      765	U	$ 39,155
Net operating income		$ 18,935	$            545	U	$ 19,480	$      585	F	$ 18,895

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