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The Toque Cooking Academy runs short cooking courses at its small campus.Management has id...

The Toque Cooking Academy runs short cooking courses at its small campus.Management has identified two cost drivers that it uses in its budgeting and performance reports – the number of courses and the total number of students. For example. the school might run four courses in a month and have a total of 60 students enrolled in those four courses. Data concerning the company’s cost formulas appear below:

 

Fixed Cost per month

Cost per Course

Cost per

Instructor wages

 

$2,980

 

Classroom supplies

 

 

$310

Utilities

$1,230

$85

 

Campus rent

$5,100

 

 

Insurance

$2,340

 

 

Administrative expenses

$3,940

$46

$7

For example, administrative expenses should be $3,940 per month plus $46 per course plus $7 per student. The company’s sales should average $850 per student.

The actual operating results for October appear below:

 

Actual

Revenue

$ 48,100

Instructor wages

$ 11,200

Classroomsupplies

$ 18,450

Utilities

$ 1,980

Campus rent

$ 5,100

Insurance

$ 2,480

Administrative expenses

$ 3,970

Required:

1. The Toque Cooking Academy expects to run four courses with a total of 60 students in October. Prepare the company’s planning budget for this level of activity.

2. The school actually ran four courses with a total of 58 students in October. Prepare the companys flexible budget for this level of activity.

3. Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows both activity variances and revenue and spending variances for October.

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