Haysbert Company provides management services for apartments and rental units. In general, Haysbert packages its services into
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Haysbert Company provides management services for apartments and rental units. In general, Haysbert packages its services into two groups: basic and complete. The basic package includes advertising vacant units, showing potential renters through them, and collecting monthly rent and remitting it to the owner. The complete package adds maintenance of units and bookkeeping to the basic package. Packages are priced on a per-rental unit basis. Actual results from last year are as follows:
Basic Complete
Sales (rental units).......................2,000.....................400
Selling price...............................$140....................$300
Variable expenses..........................$85....................$240
Haysbert had budgeted the following amounts:
Basic Complete
Sales (units)......................1,950...................460
Selling price.......................$145..................$290
Variable expenses..................$90..................$242
Required:
1. Calculate the contribution margin variance.
2. Calculate the contribution margin volume variance.
3. Calculate the sales mix variance.
Contribution MarginContribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Cornerstones of Cost Management
ISBN: 978-1111824402
2nd edition
Authors: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen