Haysbert Company

Problem 18.31 Contribution Margin Variance, Contribution Margin Volume Variance, Sales Mix Variance

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:

Required:

1. Calculate the contribution margin variance. $ - Select your answer -FavorableUnfavorableItem 2

2. Calculate the contribution margin volume variance. Round the budgeted average unit contribution margin to four decimal places. Round your final answer to the nearest cent. $ - Select your answer -FavorableUnfavorableItem 4

3. Calculate the sales mix variance. Round the budgeted average unit contribution margin to four decimal places. Round your final answer to the nearest cent. $ - Select your answer -FavorableUnfavorableItem 6