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Vulcan Company’s contribution format income statement for June is as follows:

 

Vulcan Company
Income Statement
For the Month Ended June 30
Sales $ 900,000
Variable expenses 400,000
Contribution margin 500,000
Fixed expenses 450,000
Net operating income $ 50,000

 

Management is disappointed with the company’s performance and is wondering what can be done to improve profits. By examining sales and cost records, you have determined the following:

 

  1. The company is divided into two sales territories—Northern and Southern. The Northern Territory recorded $500,000 in sales and $200,000 in variable expenses during June; the remaining sales and variable expenses were recorded in the Southern Territory. Fixed expenses of $245,000 and $88,000 are traceable to the Northern and Southern Territories, respectively. The rest of the fixed expenses are common to the two territories.

  2. The company is the exclusive distributor for two products—Paks and Tibs. Sales of Paks and Tibs totaled $250,000 and $250,000, respectively, in the Northern territory during June. Variable expenses are 21% of the selling price for Paks and 59% for Tibs. Cost records show that $102,500 of the Northern Territory’s fixed expenses are traceable to Paks and $52,500 to Tibs, with the remainder common to the two products.

 

Required:

1-a. Prepare contribution format segmented income statements for the total company broken down between sales territories.

1-b. Prepare contribution format segmented income statements for the Northern Territory broken down by product line.

(Round the percentage answers to one decimal place (i.e .1234 should be entered as 12.3).)

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1-a. Segmented income statements for the total company broken down between sales territories
  Company Nothern Southern
  $ $ $
Sales 900000 500000 400000
Variable expenses 400000 200000 200000
Contribution margin 500000 300000 200000
Traceble Fixed Cost 333000 245000 88000
Division margin 167000 55000 112000
Common cost 117000    
Net operating Income 50000    

 

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