TipTop Flight School offers flying lessons at a small municipal airport. The schools owner and...

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TipTop Flight School offers flying lessons at a small municipal airport. The schools 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 210 205
Revenue $ 54,370 $ 53,300 $ 1,070 F
Expenses:
Instructor wages 15,550 15,375 175 U
Aircraft depreciation 6,720 6,560 160 U
Fuel 4,155 3,485 670 U
Maintenance 3,705 3,530 175 U
Ground facility expenses 2,605 2,615 10 F
Administration 3,790 3,930 140 F
Total expense 36,525 35,495 1,030 U
Net operating income $ 17,845 $ 17,805 $ 40 F

After several months of using these 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 based on the following information. Variable costs (and the variable component of mixed costs) vary based on the number of lessons sold. (Hint: To get the variable component of the mixed cost, subtract the fixed amount from the total and divide by the number of units in the planning budget.)

Revenue variable
Instructor wages variable
Aircraft depreciation variable
Fuel variable
Maintenance mixed: $660 is fixed
Ground facility expenses mixed: $2,000 is fixed
Administration mixed: $3,520 is fixed

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.)

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