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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 seniorshome nursing, Meals On Wheels, and housekeeping. Data on revenue and expenses for the past year follow:

	Total	Home Nursing	Meals On Wheels	House-keeping
Revenues	$ 927,000	$ 263,000	$ 409,000	$ 255,000
Variable expenses	473,000	113,000	202,000	158,000
Contribution margin	454,000	150,000	207,000	97,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation	69,800	8,800	40,900	20,100
Liability insurance	42,700	20,200	7,300	15,200
Program administrators salaries	115,600	40,400	38,300	36,900
General administrative overhead*	185,400	52,600	81,800	51,000
Total fixed expenses	413,500	122,000	168,300	123,200
Net operating income (loss)	$ 40,500	$ 28,000	$ 38,700	$ (26,200)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $40,500 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. Based on the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program calculated in requirement Req 1A, 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?