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:

	Fixed Cost per Month			Cost per Car Washed
Cleaning supplies				$	0.50
Electricity	$	1,400		$	0.07
Maintenance				$	0.25
Wages and salaries	$	4,600		$	0.40
Depreciation	$	8,200
Rent	$	1,900
Administrative expenses	$	1,300		$	0.04

For example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,200 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.30 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	$	53,760
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies		4,600
Electricity		1,944
Maintenance		2,290
Wages and salaries		8,240
Depreciation		8,200
Rent		2,100
Administrative expenses		1,528
Total expense		28,902
Net operating income	$	24,858

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