Variable manufacturing expenses Sales commissions Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) General factory overhead
Variable manufacturing expenses Sales commissions Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) General factory overhead
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Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A., of Greece makes marine equipment. The company has been experiencing losses on its bilge pump
product line for several years. The most recent quarterly contribution format income statement for the bilge pump follows:
Sales
Variable expenses:
Variable manufacturing expenses
Sales commissions
Shipping
Total variable expenses
Contribution margin
Fixed expenses:
Advertising (for the bilge pump product line)
Depreciation of equipment (no resale value)
Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A.
Income Statement-Bilge Pump
For the Quarter Ended March 31
6
General factory overhead
Salary of product-line manager
Insurance on inventories
Purchasing department
Total fixed expenses
Net operating loss
*Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours.
tCommon costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars.
$ 139,000
55,000
22,000
29,000
107,000
Answer is not complete.
$ 95,000 X
43,000*
126,000
13,000
47,000+
Required:
What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the bilge pump?
$ 460,000
216,000
244,000
Discontinuing the bilge pump would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the company's total general
factory overhead or total Purchasing Department expenses.
365,000
$ (121,000)
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