Analyze a Performance Report [LO6]

The Exterminator Inc. provides on-site residential pest extermination services. The company has several mobile teams who are dispatched from a central location in company-owned trucks. The company uses the number of jobs to measure activity. At the beginning of May, the company budgeted for 200 jobs, but the actual number of jobs turned out to be 208. A report comparing the budgeted revenues and costs to the actual revenues and costs appears below:

Required:
Is the above variance report useful for evaluating how well revenues and costs were controlled during May? Why or why not?

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The Exterminator Inc. Variance Report For the Month Ended May 31 Planning Actual Budget Results Variances Jobs..... 200 208 Revenue.. $37,000 $36,400 $600 U Expenses: Mobile team operating costs... 16,900 17,060 160 U Exterminating supplies. 4,000 4,350 350 U Advertising. 900 1,040 140 U Dispatching costs 2,700 2,340 360 F Office rent Insurance Total expense 2,300 2,300 0 3,600 3,600 0 30,400 30,690 290 U Net operating income. $ 6,600 $ 5,710 $890 U