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		145			140
Revenue	$	33,110		$	32,200		$	910	F
Expenses:
Instructor wages		8,510			8,400			110	U
Aircraft depreciation		4,350			4,200			150	U
Fuel		2,470			1,960			510	U
Maintenance		2,010			1,900			110	U
Ground facility expenses		1,465			1,480			15	F
Administration		3,265			3,340			75	F
Total expense		22,070			21,280			790	U
Net operating income	$	11,040		$	10,920		$	120	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	$230q
Instructor wages	$60q
Aircraft depreciation	$30q
Fuel	$14q
Maintenance	$500 + $10q
Ground facility expenses	$1,200 + $2q
Administration	$3,200 + $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.)

Answer 1