Paulis 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 February, the kennel budgeted for 4,800 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 4,780 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for February: Data used in budgeting:
Fixed element per month Variable element per tenant-day
Revenue - $ 31.30
Wages and salaries $ 3,800 $ 7.30
Food and supplies 400 12.10
Facility expenses 8,800 4.30
Administrative expenses 8,600 0.10
Total expenses $ 21,600 $ 23.80
Actual results for February:
Revenue $ 108,580
Wages and salaries $ 23,580
Food and supplies $ 36,798
Facility expenses $ 19,330
Administrative expenses $ 9,156
The net operating income in the planning budget for February would be closest to:
Requirement 2
Paulis 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 February, the kennel budgeted for 3,500 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,480 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for February:
Data used in budgeting:
Fixed element per month Variable element per tenant-day
Revenue - $ 30.00
Wages and salaries $ 2,500 $ 6.00
Food and supplies 700 10.80
Facility expenses 7,500 3.00
Administrative expenses 7,300 0.60
Total expenses $ 18,000 $ 20.40
Actual results for February:
Revenue $ 107,280
Wages and salaries $ 23,450
Food and supplies $ 36,785
Facility expenses $ 19,200
Administrative expenses $ 9,130
The overall revenue and spending variance (i. e., the variance for net operating income in the revenue and spending variance column on the flexible budget performance report) for February would be closest to: