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Managerial Controls and Budgeting Problem - Flexible Budgets
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
155
150
Revenue
$33,900
$33,000
$ 900 F
Expenses:
Instructor wages
9,870
9,750
120 U
Aircraft depreciation
5,890
5,700
190 U
Fuel
2,750
2,250
500 U
Maintenance
2,450
2,330
Ground facility expenses
1,540
1,550
(10) F
Administration
3,320
3,390
(70) F
Total expense
25,820
24,970
850 U
Net operating income
$ 8,080
$ 8,030
$ 50 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:
Required:
1. Should the owner feel frustrated with the variance reports? Explain.
2. Prepare a flexible budget performance report for the school for July.
3. Evaluate the school's performance for July.
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