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Problem 7-24 Companywide and Segment Break-Even Analysis; Decision Making [LO7-4, L07-5] Toxaway Company is a merchandiser that segments its business into two divisions-Commercial and Residential. The company's accounting intern was asked to prepare segmented income statements that the company's divisional managers could use to calculate their break-even points and make decisions. She took the prior month's companywide income statement and prepared the absorption format segmented income statement shown below: Total Company Commercial Residential Sales Cost of goods sold Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses Net operating income $1,050,000 350,000 700,000 178,500504,000 196,000 176,000 $ 47,500 27,500 20,000 682,500 367,500 320,000 171,500 144,000 In preparing these statements, the intern determined that Toxaway's only variable selling and administrative expense is a 10% sales commission on all sales. The company's total fixed expenses include $57,000 of common fixed expenses that would continue to be incurred even if the Commercial or Residential segments are discontinued, $90,000 of fixed expenses that would be avoided if the Commericial segment is dropped, and $68,000 of fixed expenses that would be avoided if the Residential segment is dropped Required 1. Do you agree with the intern's decision to use an absorption format for her segmented income statement? 2. Based on a review of the intern's segmented income statement: a. How much of the company's common fixed expenses did she allocate to the Commercial and Residential segments? b. Which of the following three allocation bases did she most likely used to allocate common fixed expenses to the Commercial and Residential segments: (a) sales, (b) cost of goods sold, or (c) gross margin? 3. Do you agree with the intern's decision to allocate the common fixed expenses to the Commercial and Residential segments? 4. Redo the intern's segmented income statement using the contribution format. 5. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales 6. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the Commercial Division and for the Residential Division 7. Assume the company decided to pay its sales representatives in the Commercial and Residential Divisions a total monthly salary of $17,500 and $35,000, respectively, and to lower its companywide sales commission percentage from 10% to 5%. Calculate the new break-even point in dollar sales for the Commercial Division and the Residential Division Req 1 Req 2A Req 2B Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6 Req 7 Redo the intern's segmented income statement using the contribution format Toxaway Company Income Statement Total Company $ 1,050,000 350,000 700,000 Commercial Residential Sales Variable expenses 35,000 70,000 504,000 Sales commissions 105,000 Cost of goods sold 682,500 178,500 787,500 262,500 213,500 574,000 126,000 Total variable expenses Contribution margin 136,500 raceable fixed expenses egment margin 262,500 S 136,500 $ 126,000 Common fixed expenses 57,000 et operating income $205,500 Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2A Req 2B Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6 Req 7 Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales. (Round intermediate calculations to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Break-even point Req 1 Req 2A Req 2B Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6 Req 7 Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the Commercial Division and for the Residential Division. (Round CM ratio to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Commercial Residential Division Division Break-even point Req 1 Req 2A Req 2B Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6 Req 7 Assume the company decided to pay its sales representatives in the Commercial and Residential Divisions a total monthly salary of $17,500 and $35,000, respectively, and to lower its companywide sales commission percentage from 10% to 5%. Calculate the new break-even point in dollar sales for the Commercial Division and the Residential Division. (Round CM ratio to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Show less Commercial Residential Division Division Break-even point