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:
-
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.
-
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).)
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 |
Step by stepSolved in 2 steps
- Fernstrom Corporation has two divisions: East and West. Data from the most recent month appear below: Sales. Variable expenses Traceable fixed expenses Multiple Choice The company's common fixed expenses total $52,140. If the company operates at exactly the break-even sales of the East Division and West Division, what would be the company's overall net operating income? $0 East $330,000 $132,000 $140,000 ($235,140) West $144,000 $ 76,320 $ 43,000arrow_forwardVulcan Company's contribution format income statement for June is as follows: Vulcan Company Income Statement For the Month Ended June 50 Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income $ 750,000 336,000 414,000 378,000 $ 36,000 Management wants to improve profits and gathered the following data: a. The company is divided into two sales territories-Northem and Southern. The Northern territory recorded $300,000 in sales and $156,000 in variable expenses during June; the remaining sales and variable expenses were recorded in the Southern territory. Fixed expenses of $120,000 and $108,000 are traceable to the Northern and Southern territories, respectively. The rest of the fixed expenses are common to the two territories. b. The company is the exclusive distributor for two products-Paks and Tibs. Sales of Paks and Tibs totaled $50,000 and $250,000, respectively, in the Northern territory during June. Variable expenses are 22% of the selling price for Paks…arrow_forwardThe accounting firm of JN Corporation has been studying the sales requirements of the Shayan Bottling Company. In the course of the study, the managing partner submits the following estimated data: Sales Rs. 900,000 Fixed marketing expenses Rs. 71,000 Direct materials 206,200 Variable marketing expenses 80,000 Direct Labor 165,200 Fixed administrative expenses 9,500 FOH 171,896 Variable administrative expenses 4,000 Variable FOH 102,600 Calculate Break-Even Point in amount for JN Corporation.arrow_forward
- A condensed income statement by product line for British Beverage Inc. indicated the following for Royal Cola for the past year: Sales $233,300 Cost of goods sold 111,000 Gross profit $122,300 Operating expenses 145,000 Loss from operations $(22,700) It is estimated that 12% of the cost of goods sold represents fixed factory overhead costs and that 23% of the operating expenses are fixed. Since Royal Cola is only one of many products, the fixed costs will not be materially affected if the product is discontinued. a. Prepare a differential analysis, dated March 3, to determine whether Royal Cola should be continued (Alternative 1) or discontinued (Alternative 2). If an amount is zero, enter zero "0". Use a minus sign to indicate a loss. Differential Analysis Continue Royal Cola (Alt. 1) or Discontinue Royal Cola (Alt. 2) January 21 Continue RoyalCola (Alternative 1) Discontinue RoyalCola (Alternative 2) Differential Effecton Income(Alternative 2)…arrow_forwardBuckley Company operates three segments. Income statements for the segments imply that profitability could be improved if Segment A were eliminated. BUCKLEY COMPANY Income Statements for Year 2 Segment A B C Sales $ 330,000 $ 480,000 $ 500,000 Cost of goods sold (242,000 ) (184,000 ) (190,000 ) Sales commissions (30,000 ) (44,000 ) (44,000 ) Contribution margin 58,000 252,000 266,000 General fixed operating expenses (allocation of president’s salary) (92,000 ) (92,000 ) (92,000 ) Advertising expense (specific to individual divisions) (6,000 ) (20,000 ) 0 Net income (loss) $ (40,000 ) $ 140,000 $ 174,000 Required Prepare a schedule of relevant sales and costs for Segment A. Prepare comparative income statements for the company as a whole under two alternatives: (1) the retention of Segment A and (2) the elimination of Segment A. Options for required A table are: Advertising…arrow_forwardGough Corporation has two divisions. Domestic and Foreign. Data from the most recent month appears below: 6. Total Company $668,000 Domestic Foreign $321,000 147,660 173,340 134,000 $ 39,340 Sales... Variable expenses. Contribution margin. Traceable fixed expenses. 220,530 447,470 335,000 112,470 $347,000 72,870 274,130 201,000 $ 73,130 Segment margin.. Common fixed expenses.. 73,480 $ 38,990 Net operating income.. The break-even in sales dollars for the company as a whole is closest to: A. $502,579 B. $107,216 C. $436,424 D. $609,794arrow_forward
- ulcan Company's contribution format income statement for June is as follows: Vulcan Company Income Statement For the Month Ended June 30 Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income $ 900,000 408,000 492,000 455,000 $ 37,000 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: a. The company is divided into two sales territories-Northern and Southern. The Northern Territory recorded $400,000 in sales and $208,000 in variable expenses during June; the remaining sales and variable expenses were recorded in the Southern Territory. Fixed expenses of $164,000 and $125,000 are traceable to the Northern and Southern Territories, respectively. The rest of the fixed expenses are common to the two territories. b. The company is the exclusive distributor for two products-Paks and Tibs. Sales of Paks and Tibs totaled $150,000 and…arrow_forwardVulcan Company's contribution format income statement for June is as follows: Vulcan Company Income Statement Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income For the Month Ended June 30 $750,000 336,000 414,000 378,000 $ 36,000 Management wants to improve profits and gathered the following data: a. The company is divided into two sales territories-Northern and Southern. The Northern territory recorded $300,000 in sales and $156,000 in variable expenses during June; the remaining sales and variable expenses were recorded in the Southern territory. Fixed expenses of $120,000 and $108,000 are traceable to the Northern and Southern territories, respectively. The rest of the fixed expenses are common to the two territories. b. The company is the exclusive distributor for two products-Paks and Tibs. Sales of Paks and Tibs totaled $50,000 and $250,000, respectively, in the Northern territory during June. Variable expenses are 22% of the selling price for Paks…arrow_forwardBramble Company reports the following operating results for the month of August: sales $300,000 (units 5,000); variable costs $217,000; and fixed costs $70,000. Management is considering the following independent courses of action to increase net income.Compute the net income to be earned under each alternative.1. Increase selling price by 10% with no change in total variable costs or sales volume. Net income $enter a net income if the selling price is increased by 10% 2. Reduce variable costs to 55% of sales. Net income $enter a net income if the variable costs are reduced to 55% of sales 3. Reduce fixed costs by $18,000. Net income $enter a net income if the fixed costs are reduced by $18,000arrow_forward
- Severo S.A. of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is organized into two divisions. The company's contribution format segmented income statement (in terms of the Brazilian currency, the real, R) for last month is given below: Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Traceable fixed expenses: Advertising Selling and administrative Depreciation Total traceable fixed expenses Divisional segment margin Common fixed expenses Operating income Sales Traceable fixed expenses: Total Company R 3,675,000 1,745,500 1,929,500 Traceable fixed expenses: R Advertising Selling and administrative Depreciation Variable expenses as a percentage of sales Total traceable fixed expenses 634,000 449,000 233,000 1,316,000 Common fixed expenses: Top management can't understand why the Leather Division has such a low segment margin when its sales are only 25% less than sales in the Cloth Division. As one step in isolating the problem, management has directed that the Leather Division be further segmented into product lines.…arrow_forwardShirley Incorporated has three divisions, King, West and Gold. All common fixed costs are unavoidable. Following is the segmented income statement for the previous year: Sales revenue Variable costs Contribution margin Direct fixed costs Segment margin Common fixed costs (allocated) Net operating income (loss) King $ 1,040,000 312,000 $ 728,000 104,000 $ 624,000 391,000 $ 233,000 Required: a. What would Shirley's net income (loss) be if the West Division were dropped? b. What would Shirley's net income (loss) be if the Gold Division were dropped? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B What would Shirley's net income (loss) be if the West Division were dropped? Gold $426,000 251,340 $ 174,660 48.000 $ 126,660 159,375 $ (32,715) Total $ 2,048,000 889,260 $ 1,158,740 192,000 $ 966,740 763,000 $ 203,740arrow_forwardCan you help me with the Shawnee Motors Inc variable costing income statement. The choices are: Contribution Margin Fixed Selling & admin expenses Manufacturing margin Sales Variable selling & admin expenses Variable cost of goods sold Income from operations total fixed costs loss from operationsarrow_forward
- AccountingAccountingISBN:9781337272094Author:WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.Publisher:Cengage Learning,Accounting Information SystemsAccountingISBN:9781337619202Author:Hall, James A.Publisher:Cengage Learning,
- Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis...AccountingISBN:9780134475585Author:Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. RajanPublisher:PEARSONIntermediate AccountingAccountingISBN:9781259722660Author:J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M ThomasPublisher:McGraw-Hill EducationFinancial and Managerial AccountingAccountingISBN:9781259726705Author:John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting PrinciplesPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education