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Industry Segment and Geographic Area Revenue TestsSymbiotic Chemical Company has four majo...

Industry Segment and Geographic Area Revenue Tests

Symbiotic Chemical Company has four major industry segments and operates both in the U.S. domestic market and in several foreign markets. Information about its revenue from the specific industry segments and its foreign activities for the year 20X2 is as follows:

Sales to Unaffiliated Customers (in thousands)

Industry Segment

Domestic

Foreign

Total

Ethical Drugs

$300

 

$300

Nonprescription Drugs

325

$100

425

Generic Drugs

125

245

370

Industrial Chemicals

70

 

70

Sales to Affiliated Customers (in thousands)

Industry Segment

Domestic

Foreign

Total

Ethical Drugs

$20

 

$ 20

Nonprescription Drugs

50

$40

90

Generic Drugs

40

60

100

Industrial Chemicals

10

 

10

All of the foreign revenues of the Nonprescription Drugs segment, both to unaffiliated and inter­segment customers, were attributable to a Taiwanese division of the company. This division oper­ated exclusively in Taiwan except for a $10,000 sale from the division to a U.S. subsidiary of the company. All other foreign operations of the company take place exclusively within the country of Mexico.

Required

a.Determine which of the company’s operating segments are separately reportable under the rev­enue test for segment reporting.


b.Determine which of the foreign countries are separately reportable under the revenue test for reporting foreign operations using a 10 percent materiality threshold.


c.Prepare a schedule for disclosing the company’s revenue by industry segment for 20X2.


d.Prepare a schedule for disclosing the company’s revenue by geographic area for 20X2.

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