Question

Exercise 9-13 Revenue and Spending Variances (LO9-3] 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: cleaning supplies Electricity Maintenance Nages and salaries Depreciation Fixed cost Cost per per Month Car Washed $0.80 $1,200 $0.05 $0.25 $4,700 $0.30 $8.500 $1,900 $1,700 $0.03 Administrative expenses For example, electricity costs are $1.200 per month plus $0.05 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8.400 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.60 per car washed The actual operating results for August appear below. Lavage Rapide Income Statement Tor the Month Ended August 31 Actual cars washed 8,500 Revenue $57,540 Expenses cleaning supplies 7,220 Tleetricity 1,590 Maintenance 2,340 Wages and salaries 7,580 Depreciation 8,500 Rent 2,100 Administrative expenses 1,852 Total expense 31. 182 Net operating income $26,358 Required: Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) Lavage Rapide Revenue and Spending Variances For the Month Ended August 31 Revenue Expenses Cleaning supplies Electricity Maintenance Wages and salaries Depreciation Rent Administrative expenses Total expense INet operating income

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Solution

Lavage Rapide
Revenues and Spending Variance
For the Month ended August 31
Revenue	$ 1,440.00	F
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies	$ 420.00	U
Electricity	$ 35.00	F
Maintenance	$ 215.00	U
Wages and salaries	$ 330.00	U
Depreciation	$ 0.00	None
Rent	$ 200.00	U
Administrative expenses	$ 103.00	F
Total Expenses	$ 1,027.00	U
Net Operating Income	$ 413.00	F

Working

	Units (A)	Fixed cost (B)	Variable cost per unit ©	Flexible cost and revenue (D=(A x C) +B)
Revenue	8500		$       6.60	$ 56,100.00
Expenses:	8500
Cleaning suplies	8500	$               -	$       0.80	$    6,800.00
Electricity	8500	$ 1,200.00	$       0.05	$    1,625.00
Maintenance	8500	$               -	$       0.25	$    2,125.00
Wages and salaries	8500	$ 4,700.00	$       0.30	$    7,250.00
Depreciation	8500	$ 8,500.00		$    8,500.00
Rent	8500	$ 1,900.00		$    1,900.00
Administrative expenses	8500	$ 1,700.00	$       0.03	$    1,955.00
Total Expenses				$ 30,155.00
Net Operating Income				$ 25,945.00