Question

Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $75 per unit in two geographic regions—the East and West regions. The following information pertains to the company’s first year of operations in which it produced 57,000 units and sold 52,000 units.

Variable costs per unit:
Manufacturing:
Direct materials	$	25
Direct labor	$	18
Variable manufacturing overhead	$	3
Variable selling and administrative	$	5
Fixed costs per year:
Fixed manufacturing overhead	$	627,000
Fixed selling and administrative expense	$	645,000

The company sold 36,000 units in the East region and 16,000 units in the West region. It determined that $310,000 of its fixed selling and administrative expense is traceable to the West region, $260,000 is traceable to the East region, and the remaining $75,000 is a common fixed expense. The company will continue to incur the total amount of its fixed manufacturing overhead costs as long as it continues to produce any amount of its only product.

13. Prepare a contribution format segmented income statement that includes a Total column and columns for the East and West regions.

Answer 1

Direct materials	25
Direct labor	18
Variable manufacturing overhead	3
Variable selling and administrative	5
Variable cost per unit	51

Income statement
	Total company	East	West
Sales [ Units sold * 75 ]	$            3,900,000	$            2,700,000	$ 1,200,000
Variable expenses [ Units sold * 51 ]	$            2,652,000	$            1,836,000	$     816,000
Contribution margin	$            1,248,000	$                864,000	$     384,000
Traceable fixed expenses	$                570,000	$                260,000	$     310,000
Region segment margin	$                678,000	$                604,000	$        74,000
Common fixed expenses not traceable to regions [ 627000 + 75000 ]	$                702,000
Net operating income	$                (24,000)