Question
1. The following is financial information describing the six operating segments that make up Fairfield, Inc. (in thousands): Segments Red Blue Green Pink Black White
1. The following is financial information describing the six operating segments that make up Fairfield, Inc. (in thousands):
Segments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Red | Blue | Green | Pink | Black | White | ||||||||||||||||||
Sales to outside parties | $ | 1,835 | $ | 836 | $ | 538 | $ | 333 | $ | 145 | $ | 123 | |||||||||||
Intersegment revenues | 40 | 115 | 133 | 0 | 40 | 326 | |||||||||||||||||
Salary expense | 638 | 403 | 426 | 336 | 341 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
Rent expense | 163 | 190 | 105 | 116 | 66 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 89 | 83 | 106 | 73 | 38 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense (savings) | 165 | 111 | 85 | (110 | ) | (88 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Consider the following questions independently. None of the six segments have a primarily financial nature.
Problem 8-36 Part a
a. What minimum revenue amount must any one segment generate to be of significant size to require disaggregated disclosure? (Enter your answer in dollars but not in thousands.)
2. The following is financial information describing the six operating segments that make up Fairfield, Inc. (in thousands):
Segments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Red | Blue | Green | Pink | Black | White | ||||||||||||||||||
Sales to outside parties | $ | 1,835 | $ | 836 | $ | 538 | $ | 333 | $ | 145 | $ | 123 | |||||||||||
Intersegment revenues | 40 | 115 | 133 | 0 | 40 | 326 | |||||||||||||||||
Salary expense | 638 | 403 | 426 | 336 | 341 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
Rent expense | 163 | 190 | 105 | 116 | 66 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 89 | 83 | 106 | 73 | 38 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense (savings) | 165 | 111 | 85 | (110 | ) | (88 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Consider the following questions independently. None of the six segments have a primarily financial nature.
Problem 8-36 Part d
d. Now assume each of these six segments has a profit or loss (in thousands) as follows, which warrants separate disclosure? (Select all that apply.)
Segment | Profit (Loss) | ||
Red | $ | 1,098 | |
Blue | 473 | ||
Green | 164 | ||
Pink | (118 | ) | |
Black | (246 | ) | |
White | 332 | ||
Check All That Apply
Red
Red
Blue
Blue
Green
Green
Pink
Pink
Black
Black
White
White
3. Mason Company has prepared consolidated financial statements for the current year and is now gathering information in connection with the following five operating segments it has identified.
Company Total | Books | Computers | Maps | Travel | Finance | ||||||||||||||||||
Sales to outside parties | $ | 1,693 | $ | 174 | $ | 737 | $ | 442 | $ | 340 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||
Intersegment sales | 529 | 38 | 280 | 53 | 158 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Interest incomeexternal | 131 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
Interest incomeintersegment loans | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | |||||||||||||||||
Assets | 3,636 | 246 | 1,449 | 288 | 343 | 1,310 | |||||||||||||||||
Operating expenses | 1,526 | 129 | 858 | 288 | 204 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
Expensesintersegment sales | 254 | 84 | 65 | 45 | 60 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Interest expenseexternal | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | |||||||||||||||||
Interest expenseintersegment loans | 203 | 35 | 85 | 52 | 31 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense (savings) | 115 | 52 | (27 | ) | 67 | 71 | (48 | ) | |||||||||||||||
General corporate expenses | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Unallocated operating costs | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Determine the reportable segments by performing each applicable test. (Figures are in thousands.)
Revenue test:
Profit or loss test:
Asset test:
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