Grael Technology has two divisions, Consumer and Commercial, and two corporate service departments, Tech Support and Purchasing.
Question:
Grael Technology has two divisions, Consumer and Commercial, and two corporate service departments, Tech Support and Purchasing. The corporate expenses for the year ended December 31, 20Y7, are as follows:
Tech Support Department..................................$336,000
Purchasing Department........................................67,500
Other corporate administrative expenses..................448,000
Total corporate expense....................................$851,500
The other corporate administrative expenses include officers' salaries and other expenses required by the corporation. The Tech Support Department charges the divisions for services rendered, based on the number of computers in the department, and the Purchasing Department charges divisions for services, based on the number of purchase orders for each department. The usage of service by the two divisions is as follows:
Tech Support Purchasing
Consumer Division...............300 computers......1,800 purchase orders
Commercial Division.............................180...........................2,700
Total.................................480 computers.......4,500 purchase orders
The service department charges of the Tech Support Department and the Purchasing Department are considered controllable by the divisions. Corporate administrative expenses are not considered controllable by the divisions. The revenues, cost of goods sold, and operating expenses for the two divisions are as follows:
Consumer Commercial
Revenues........................$5,900,000.................$4,950,000
Cost of goods sold...............3,304,000..................2,475,000
Operating expenses..............1,180,000..................1,237,500
Prepare the divisional income statements for the two divisions.
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Accounting
ISBN: 978-1337899451
27th edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac