Question

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:

	Fixed Cost per Month			Cost per Car Washed
Cleaning supplies				$	0.70
Electricity	$	1,100		$	0.06
Maintenance				$	0.20
Wages and salaries	$	4,200		$	0.40
Depreciation	$	8,300
Rent	$	2,100
Administrative expenses	$	1,500		$	0.02

For example, electricity costs are $1,100 per month plus $0.06 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,200 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August appear below.

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed		8,300
Revenue	$	55,400
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies		6,240
Electricity		1,562
Maintenance		1,880
Wages and salaries		7,840
Depreciation		8,300
Rent		2,300
Administrative expenses		1,564
Total expense		29,686
Net operating income	$	25,714

Required:

Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (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

LAVAGE RIPIDE
Revenue and Spending variance
for the month ended August 31
			Variance
Car Wash (Units)			200
Revenues			$ 1,450.00	F
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies			$ 430.00	U
Electricity			$                  36.00	F
Maintenance			$ 220.00	U
Wages & Salaries			$ 320.00	U
Depreciation			$                         -	None
Rent			$ 200.00	U
Administrative expense			$                102.00	F
Total expenses			$ 1,032.00	U
Net Operating Income			$ 418.00	F

LAVAGE RIPIDE
Revenue and Spending variance
for the month ended August 31
	Budgeted	Actual	Variance
Car Wash (Units)	8,300	8,100	200
Revenues	$          53,950.00	$          55,400.00	$          (1,450.00)	F
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies	$            5,810.00	$            6,240.00	$              (430.00)	U
Electricity	$            1,598.00	$            1,562.00	$                  36.00	F
Maintenance	$            1,660.00	$            1,880.00	$              (220.00)	U
Wages & Salaries	$            7,520.00	$            7,840.00	$              (320.00)	U
Depreciation	$            8,300.00	$            8,300.00	$                         -	None
Rent	$            2,100.00	$            2,300.00	$              (200.00)	U
Administrative expense	$            1,666.00	$            1,564.00	$                102.00	F
Total expenses	$          28,654.00	$          29,686.00	$          (1,032.00)	U
Net Operating Income	$          25,296.00	$          25,714.00	$              (418.00)	F