Question

Jackson County Senior Services is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing essential services to seniors who live in their own homes within the Jackson County area. Three services are provided for seniors—home nursing, Meals On Wheels, and housekeeping. Data on revenue and expenses for the past year follow:

		Total		Home Nursing		Meals On Wheels		House- keeping
Revenues	$	923,000	$	263,000	$	404,000	$	256,000
Variable expenses		467,000		118,000		194,000		155,000
Contribution margin		456,000		145,000		210,000		101,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		69,800		8,800		40,200		20,800
Liability insurance		43,700		20,400		7,300		16,000
Program administrators’ salaries		113,700		40,200		38,500		35,000
General administrative overhead*		184,600		52,600		80,800		51,200
Total fixed expenses		411,800		122,000		166,800		123,000
Net operating income (loss)	$	44,200	$	23,000	$	43,200	$	(22,000)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last year’s net operating income of $44,200 to be unsatisfactory; therefore, she is considering the possibility of discontinuing the housekeeping program.

The depreciation in housekeeping is for a small van that is used to carry the housekeepers and their equipment from job to job. If the program were discontinued, the van would be donated to a charitable organization. None of the general administrative overhead would be avoided if the housekeeping program were dropped, but the liability insurance and the salary of the program administrator would be avoided.

Required:

1-a. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program?

1-b. Should the Housekeeping program be discontinued?

2-a. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement.

2-b. Would a segmented income statement format be more useful to management in assessing the long-run financial viability of the various services?

Answer 1

Part-1
	Total	Discontinue	Net Increase/(Decrease)
	AMOUNT $	AMOUNT $	AMOUNT $
Sales Revenue	$923,000	$667,000	-$256,000
Less: Variable cost	$467,000	$312,000	-$155,000
Contribution margin	$456,000	$355,000	-$101,000
Less: Fixed cost
Liablity insurance	$43,700	$27,700	-$16,000
Depreciation	$69,800	$69,800	$0
Program Administrator salaries	$113,700	$78,700	-$35,000
Common Fixed cost- General Admin Overhead	$184,600	$184,600	$0
SEGMENT MARGIN	$44,200	-$5,800	-$50,000
. Hence Financial Disadvantage of $50000 , in case of discontinuing the Housekeeping

Part-1.b No, Housekeeping Division Shall not be Discontinued

Part-2 SEGMENT-WISE INCOME STATEMENT
	Total	Home Nursing	Meals on Wheels	Housekeeping
	AMOUNT $	AMOUNT $	AMOUNT $	AMOUNT $
Sales Revenue	$923,000	$263,000	$404,000	$256,000
Less: Variable cost	$467,000	$118,000	$194,000	$155,000
Contribution margin	$456,000	$145,000	$90,000	$101,000
Less: Traceable Expense
Liablity insurance	$43,700	$20,400	$7,300	$16,000
Depreciation	$69,800	$8,800	$40,200	$20,800
Program Administrator salaries	$113,700	$40,200	$38,500	$35,000
Total Traecable expense	$227,200	$69,400	$86,000	$71,800
SEGMENT MARGIN	$228,800	$75,600	$4,000	$29,200
Less: Common Fixed expense	$184,600
Net Operating Income	$44,200

2.b Yes