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 whynot?

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The Exterminator Inc Variance Report For the Month Ended May 31 Planning Actual Budget Results Variances Jobs. Revenue Expenses 200 208 $37,000 $36,400 $600 U 16,900 7,060 Mobile team operating costs Exterminating supplies Advertising Dispatching costs Office rent Insurance 4,000 900 2,700 2,300 3,600 30,400 4,350 1,040 2,340 2,300 3,600 30,690 6,600 S5,710 $890 U 160 U 350 U 140 U 360 F 0 Total expense Net operating income 290 U