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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides estimates concerning the company’s costs:
Fixed Cost per Month | Cost per Car Washed | |
---|---|---|
Cleaning supplies | $ 0.70 | |
Electricity | $ 1,400 | $ 0.09 |
Maintenance | $ 0.10 | |
Wages and salaries | $ 4,500 | $ 0.30 |
$ 8,100 | ||
Rent | $ 1,800 | |
Administrative expenses | $ 1,800 | $ 0.01 |
For example, electricity costs should be $1,400 per month plus $0.09 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,500 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.80 per car washed.
The actual operating results for August are as follows:
Lavage Rapide | |
Income Statement | |
For the Month Ended August 31 | |
Actual cars washed | 8,600 |
---|---|
Revenue | $ 59,900 |
Expenses: | |
Cleaning supplies | 6,450 |
Electricity | 2,135 |
Maintenance | 1,090 |
Wages and salaries | 7,410 |
Depreciation | 8,100 |
Rent | 2,000 |
Administrative expenses | 1,785 |
Total expense | 28,970 |
Net operating income | $ 30,930 |
Required:
Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s revenue and spending variances and activity variances for August.
Note: 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.
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