Roye Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During September, Kennel budgeted for 3,200 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,250 tenant-days. Kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for September:
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Data used in budgeting:
Fixed element per month | Variable element per tenant-day | |
Revenue | — | $34.10 |
Wages and salaries | $2,100 | $7.10 |
Expendables | 1,100 | 13.60 |
Facility expenses | 7,600 | 2.60 |
Administrative expenses | 6,100 | 0.20 |
Total expenses |
$16,900
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$23.50
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Actual results for September:
Revenue | $107,351 |
Wages and salaries | $28,510 |
Expendables | $46,025 |
Facility expenses | $15,500 |
Administrative expenses | $7,091 |
The revenue variance for September would be closest to:
$1,769 F | |
$1,769 U | |
→ | $3,474 U |
Flexible budget ($34.10 × 3,250) | $ 110,825 |
Actual results | 107,351 |
Revenue variance |
$ 3,474
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Because the actual revenue is less than the flexible budget, the variance is unfavorable (U).
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