Exchange Corp. is a company that acts as a facilitator in tax-favored real estate swaps. Such swaps, know as 1031 exchanges, permit participants to avoid some or all of the capital gains taxes that would otherwise be due. The bookkeeper for the company has been asked to prepare a report for the company to help its owner/manager analyze performance. The first such report appears below:

Exchange Corp Analysis of Revenues and Costs For the Month Ended May 31
	Actual Unit Revenues and Costs			Planning Budget Unit Revenues and Costs			Variances
Exchanges completed		25			20
Revenue	$	550		$	590		$	40	U
Expenses:
Legal and search fees		185			175			10	U
Office expenses		184			221			37	F
Equipment depreciation		24			30			6	F
Rent		60			75			15	F
Insurance		12			15			3	F
Total expense		465			516			51	F
Net operating income	$	85		$	74		$	11	F

Note that the revenues and costs in the above report are unit revenues and costs. For example, the average office expense is $221 per exchange completed on the planning budget; whereas, the average actual office expense is $184 per exchange completed.

Legal and search fees is a variable cost; office expenses is a mixed cost; and equipment depreciation, rent, and insurance are fixed costs. In the planning budget, the fixed component of office expenses was $4,300.

All of the companys revenues come from fees collected when an exchange is completed.

Required:

1. Is the report prepared by the bookkeeper useful as a performance report? Yes/No

2. Complete a performance report that would help the owner/manager assess the performance of the company in May. (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.) Exchange Corp Flexible Budget Performance Report For the Month Ended May 31 Actual Results Revenue and Spending Flexible Budget Planning Activity Variances Variances Bud Exchanges completed Revenue Expenses 25 20 Legal and search fees Office expenses Equipment depreciation Rent Insurance Total expense Net operating income