Vulcan Flyovers offers scenic overflights of Mount Saint Helens, the volcano in Washington State that explosively erupted in 1982. Data concerning the company's operations in July appear below: Flights (9) Revenue ($360.00g) Vulcan Flyovers Operating Data For the Month Ended July 31 Expenses: Wages and salaries ($3,300 + $89.00g) Fuel ($32.00g) Airport fees ($800+ $35.00g) Aircraft depreciation ($10.00g) Office expenses ($230+ $1.00g) Total expense Net operating income. Actual Results. 53 $ 16,400 $ 7,979 1,862 2,530 530 451 13,352 3,048 Flexible Budget 53 $ 19,080 8,017 1,696 2,655 530 283 13,181 $ 5,899 Planning Budget 51 $ 18,360 7,839 1,632 2,585 510 281 12,847 $ 5,513 The company measures its activity in terms of flights. Customers can buy individual tickets for overflights or hire an entire plane for an overflight at a discount.
Depreciation Methods
The word "depreciation" is defined as an accounting method wherein the cost of tangible assets is spread over its useful life and it usually denotes how much of the assets value has been used up. The depreciation is usually considered as an operating expense. The main reason behind depreciation includes wear and tear of the assets, obsolescence etc.
Depreciation Accounting
In terms of accounting, with the passage of time the value of a fixed asset (like machinery, plants, furniture etc.) goes down over a specific period of time is known as depreciation. Now, the question comes in your mind, why the value of the fixed asset reduces over time.
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1. Prepare a flexible budget performance report for July that includes revenue and spending variances and activity variances. (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.)
Flights
Revenue
Expenses:
Wages and salaries
Fuel
Airport fees
Aircraft depreciation
Office expenses
Total expense
Net operating income
Actual Results
$
$
53
16,400
7,979
1,862
2,530
530
451
13,352
3,048
Vulcan Flyovers
Flexible Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended July 31
$
$
Flexible
Budget
53
19,080
8,017
1,696
2,655
530
283
13,181
5,899
$
Planning
Budget
51
18,360
7,839
1,632
2,585
510
281
12,847
5,513](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fac69951b-8728-46ae-8bfb-4f439eaff53e%2Ff3620383-7406-4c6a-afc2-65cb72f8f0cb%2Fkvfjgx_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Vulcan Flyovers offers scenic overflights of Mount Saint Helens, the volcano in Washington State that explosively erupted in 1982. Data
concerning the company's operations in July appear below:
Flights (g)
Revenue ($360.00g)
Vulcan Flyovers
Operating Data
For the Month Ended July 31
Expenses:
Wages and salaries ($3,300 + $89.00g)
Fuel ($32.00g)
Airport fees ($800 + $35.00g)
Aircraft depreciation ($10.00g)
Office expenses ($230 + $1.00g)
Total expense
Net operating income
Actual
Results
53
$ 16,400
$
7,979
1,862
2,530
530
451
13,352
3,048
Flexible
Budget
53
$ 19,080
8,017
1,696
2,655
530
283
13,181
$ 5,899
Planning
Budget
51
$ 18,360
7,839
1,632
2,585
510
281
12,847
$ 5,513
The company measures its activity in terms of flights. Customers can buy individual tickets for overflights or hire an entire plane for an
overflight at a discount.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fac69951b-8728-46ae-8bfb-4f439eaff53e%2Ff3620383-7406-4c6a-afc2-65cb72f8f0cb%2Fpkzc2sv_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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