Question

Dinham Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During March, the kennel budgeted for 4,900 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 4,930 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for March:

Data used in budgeting:

	Fixed element per month			Variable element per tenant-day
Revenue		-		$	35.40
Wages and salaries	$	2,100		$	8.80
Food and supplies		1,300			15.30
Facility expenses		7,700			4.30
Administrative expenses		6,200			0.10
Total expenses	$	17,300		$	28.50

Actual results for March:

Revenue	$	150,135
Wages and salaries	$	28,680
Food and supplies	$	77,130
Facility expenses	$	28,225
Administrative expenses	$	7,108

The overall revenue and spending variance (i.e., the variance for net operating income in the revenue and spending variance column on the flexible budget performance report) for March would be closest to:

• $7,518 F

• $7,725 F

• $7,518 U

• $7,725 U

Answer 1

Answer:

Option D: $ 7,725 U

Explanation:

Revenue in Spending variance = Standard Net Income for actual results (-) Actual Net Income

	Actual results	Standard for actual results
Revenue	$ 150,135.00	$ 174,522.00
Wages and salaries	$   28,680.00	$   45,484.00
Food and supplies	$   77,130.00	$   76,729.00
Facility expenses	$   28,225.00	$   28,899.00
Administrative expenses	$     7,108.00	$     6,693.00
Total cost	$ 141,143.00	$ 157,805.00
Net Income	$     8,992.00	$   16,717.00

Variance = 16,717 (-) 8,992

= $ 7,725 U

Hence,

Option 'D' is correct and rest all are incorrect.

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