he 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 vould be avoided if the housekeeping program were dropped, but the liability insurance and the salary of the program administrator vould be avoided. Required: -a. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program? -b. Should the Housekeeping program be discontinued? -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 rarious services?
he 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 vould be avoided if the housekeeping program were dropped, but the liability insurance and the salary of the program administrator vould be avoided. Required: -a. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program? -b. Should the Housekeeping program be discontinued? -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 rarious services?
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Transcribed Image Text:The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last year's net operating income of $35,200 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?
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What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program?
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Transcribed Image Text: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:
Home
Meals On
House-
Total
Nursing
Wheels
keeping
$ 924,000 $ 267,000 $ 405,000 $ 252,000
205,000
200,000
Revenues
Variable expenses
477,000
447,000
157,000
95,000
115,000
Contribution margin
152,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation
Liability insurance
Program administrators' salaries
General administrative overhead*
69,200
42,500
115,300
184,800
8,400
20,200
40,200
53,400
40,200
7,200
38,800
20,600
15,100
36,300
50,400
81,000
167,200
Total fixed expenses
411,800
122,200
122,400
Net operating income (loss)
$ 35,200 $ 29,800 $ 32,800 $ (27, 400)
*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.
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