Question

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 4800 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 4780 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 $ 3800 $ 7.30 Food and supplies 400 12.10 Facility expenses 8800 4.30 Administrative expenses 8600 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 $ 9156 The net operating income in the planning budget for February would be closest to: Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Answer:

$14,400

Explanation:

The computation of the net operating income in the planning budget is shown below:

= Total revenue - total fixed cost - total variable cost

= (4,800 × $31.30)  - $21,600 - (4,800 × $23.80)

= $150,240 - $21,600 - $114,240

= $14,400