The Terminator Inc. Variance Report For the Month Ended April 30 Actual Planning Budget Results Variances Jobs. Revenue 105 $20,520 100 $19,500 $1,020 F Expenses: Mobile team operating costs Exterminating supplies Advertising ... Dispatching costs Office rent Insurance. 10,320 960 800 2,340 1,800 2,100 18,320 $ 2,200 10,000 320 U 1,800 800 2,200 1,800 2.100 18,700 $ 800 840 F 140 U Total expense 380 F Net operating income $1,400 F
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The Terminator 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 April, the company budgeted for 100 jobs, but the actual number of jobs turned out to be 105. A report comparing the budgeted revenues and costs to the actual revenues and costs appears below:
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Required:
Is the above variance report useful for evaluating how well revenues and costs were controlled during April? Why, or why not?
![The Terminator Inc.
Variance Report
For the Month Ended April 30
Planning
Budget
Actual
Results
Variances
100
$20,520 $19,500
Jobs...
105
Revenue
$1,020 F
Expenses:
Mobile team operating costs....
Exterminating supplies
Advertising .....
Dispatching costs
Office rent
10,320
10,000
320 U
960
1,800
800
840 F
800
2,340
2,200
140 U
1,800
1,800
Insurance ..
2,100
18,320
$ 2,200
2,100
18,700
$ 800
Total expense
380 F
$1,400 F
Net operating income](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff28f3961-0f31-4883-81ab-db295bf1bc1f%2F6806d52b-f0a4-4a2c-957d-143bc3a38013%2Fi1ytm1_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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