Horngren's Accounting, The Financial Chapters (11th Edition) - Standalone Book
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Chapter 25, Problem P25.23APGA
Making Decisions a product decisions
Members of the board of directions of safety Step have received the following operating income data for the year ended may 31, 2016.
Members of board are surprised that the industrial systems product line not profitable. They commission a study to determine whether the company should drop the line. Company accountants estimate that dropping industrial system will decrease fixed cost of goods sold by $84,000 and decrease fixed selling and administrative expenses by $11,000
Requirements
l. Prepare a differential analysis to show whether Safety drop the Industrial systems product line.
2. Prepare contribution margin income statements to show Safety Step's total operating income under the alternatives: (a) with the industrial systems line and (b) without the line. Compare the difference between the two alternative’s income numbers to your answer Requirement 1.
3. What have you learned from the comparison in Requirement 2?
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Wilson Corporation acquires Greatbatch Company for $80 million cash in a merger. The balance sheets of both companies at the date of acquisition are as follows:
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Current assets $96 $8
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Total assets $928 $156.8
Current liabilities $40 $3.2
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Retained earnings 192 24
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