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			Variances
Lessons		220			215
Revenue	$	56,890		$	55,900		$	990	F
Expenses:
Instructor wages		16,315			16,125			190	U
Aircraft depreciation		7,260			7,095			165	U
Fuel		4,030			3,440			590	U
Maintenance		3,780			3,590			190	U
Ground facility expenses		2,190			2,245			55	F
Administration		3,675			3,790			115	F
Total expense		37,250			36,285			965	U
Net operating income	$	19,640		$	19,615		$	25	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 q is the number of lessons sold:

	Cost Formulas
Revenue	$260q
Instructor wages	$75q
Aircraft depreciation	$33q
Fuel	$16q
Maintenance	$580 + $14q
Ground facility expenses	$1,600 + $3q
Administration	$3,360 + $2q

  
Required:

2. Complete the flexible budget performance report for the school for July. (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

	Actual results	Revenue and spending variances		Flexible budget	Activity variances		Planning budget
Lessons	220			220			215
Revenue	56890	310	U	57200	1300	F	55900
Expenses:
Instructor wages	16315	185	F	16500	375	U	16125
Aircraft depreciation	7260	0	None	7260	165	U	7095
Fuel	4030	510	U	3520	80	U	3440
Maintenance	3780	120	U	3660	70	U	3590
Ground facility expenses	2190	70	F	2260	15	U	2245
Administration	3675	125	F	3800	10	U	3790
Total expense	37250	250	U	37000	715	U	36285
Net operating income	19640	560	U	20200	585	F	19615