Flaming Follage Sky Tours is a small sightseeing tour company in New Hampshire. The firm specializes in aerial tours of the New England countryside during September and October, when the fall color is at its peak. Until recently, the company had not had an accounting department. Routine bookkeeping tasks, such as billing, had been handled by an Individual who had little formal training in accounting. As the business began to grow, however, the owner recognized the need for more formal accounting procedures. Jacqueline Frost has recently been hired as the new controller, and she will have the authority to hire an assistant. During her first week on the job, Frost was given the following performance report. The report was prepared by Red Lelf, the company's manager of aircraft operations, who was planning to present it to the owner the next morning. "Look at these favorable variances for fuel and so forth," Leif pointed out, as he showed the report to Frost. "My operations people are really doing a great job." Later that day, Frost looked at the performance report more carefully. She immediately realized that it was improperly prepared and would be misleading to the company's owner. FLAMING FOLIAGE SKY TOURS Performance Report For the Month of September Formula Flexible Budget (per air mile) $ 12.00 $ 384,000 Actual (32,000 air miles) Passenger revenue Less: Variable expenses: Fuel Aircraft maintenance Flight crew salaries Selling and administrative Total variable expenses Contribution margin Static Budget (37,000 air miles) $ 444,000 Variance $ 60,000 U $ 1.80 2.15 1.50 2.40 $ 60,300 67,600 48,800 74,900 $ 66,600 79,550 55,500 $ 6,300 F 11,950 F 88,800 6,700 13,900 F F $ 7.85 $ 251,600 $ 290,450 $ 38,850 F $ 4.15 $ 132,400 $ 153,550 $ 21,150 U Less: Fixed expenses: Per Month Depreciation on aircraft Landing fees $ 9,000 3,000 $ 9,000 Supervisory salaries Selling and administrative Total fixed expenses Operating income 27,000 36,000 3,400 25,000 40,500 $ 9,000 3,000 27,000 36,000 $ 0 400 U 2,000 F 4,500 U $ 75,000 $ 77,900 $ 75,000 $ 2,900 U $ 54,500 $ 78,550 $ 24,050 U R 11-45 (Algo) Part 1: Prepare a columnar flexible budget quired: Prepare a columnar flexible budget for Flaming Follage Sky Tours' expenses, using air miles as the cost driver at the following tivity levels: 32,000 air miles, 37,000 air miles, and 40,000 air miles. In spite of several favorable expense variances shown on the report above, the company's September operating Income was only out two-thirds of the expected level. Identify some of the possible reasons. Prepare a revised expense variance report for September, which is based on the flexible budget prepared in part (1). Jacqueline Frost presented the revised expense report to Lelf along with the memo explaining why the original performance report s misleading. Leif did not take it well. He complained of Frost's "Interference" and pointed out that the company had been doing just e without her. "I'm taking my report to the owner tomorrow," Lelf insisted. "Yours just makes us look bad." What are Frost's ethical ligations in this matter? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 4 Required 5 Prepare a revised expense variance report for September, which is based on the flexible budget prepared in part (1). lote: Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "Favorable" or "Unfavorable". Select "None" and enter "0" for no effect (i.e., zero ariance). Round "per air mile" answers to 2 decimal places. Formula Flexible Actual (32,000 Flexible Budget Budget (per air Variance air miles) (32,000 air miles) mile) ariable expenses: $ 1.80 $ 60,300 2.15 67,600 1.50 48,800 2.40 74,900 Total variable expenses $ 7.85 $ 251,600 xed expenses: Per Month $ 9.000 $ 9,000 3.000 3.400 27,000 25,000 36.000 40,500 Total fixed expenses $ tal expenses 75,000 $ $ 77,900 329,500