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 125 Variances Lessons 18e $ 41,290 $ 40,250 $1,048 F Expenses: Instructor wages Aircraft depreciation Fuel Maintenance Ground facility expenses Administration Total expense Net operating income 10.645 6.840 3,090 2,700 2.470 3,885 29,630 $ 11,660 10.500 5,650 2,450 2,555 2.550 3.985 28,690 11.560 145 U 190 U 640 U 145 U BEF 10e F $ 100 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 is the number of lessons sold: Revenue Instructor wages Aircraft depreciation Fuel Maintenance Ground facility expenses Administration Cost Formulas 5239 $689 $389 $14 $630 - $110 $1,850 + $40 $3,460 + $39 Required: 2. Complete the flexible budget performance report for the school for July (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for

Answer 1

Tiptop Flight School
Flexible Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended July 31
	Actual Results	Revenue & Spending Variances		Flexible Budget	Activity Variances		Planning Budget
Lessons	180			180			175
Revenue	41,290.00	110.00	U	41,400.00	1,150.00	F	40,250.00
Expenses:
Instructor wages	10,645.00	155.00	F	10,800.00	300.00	U	10,500.00
Aircraft Depreciation	6,840.00	-		6,840.00	190.00	U	6,650.00
Fuel	3,090.00	570.00	U	2,520.00	70.00	U	2,450.00
Maintenance	2,700.00	90.00	U	2,610.00	55.00	U	2,555.00
Ground Facility Expenses	2,470.00	100.00	F	2,570.00	20.00	U	2,550.00
Administration	3,885.00	115.00	F	4,000.00	15.00	U	3,985.00
Total expense	29,630.00	290.00	U	29,340.00	650.00	U	28,690.00
Net operating income	11,660.00	400.00	U	12,060.00	500.00	U	11,560.00