Exercise 6-16 Working with a Segmented Income Statement; Break-Even Analysis [LO6-4, LO6-5]

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Raner, Harris, & Chan is a consulting firm that specializes in information systems for medical and dental clinics. The firm has two officesone in Chicago and one in Minneapolis. The firm classifies the direct costs of consulting jobs as variable costs. A contribution format segmented income statement for the companys most recent year is given below:

					Office
	Total Company	Chicago	Minneapolis
Sales	$	1,050,000	100.0	%	$	210,000	100	%	$	840,000	100	%
Variable expenses		567,000	54.0	%		63,000	30	%		504,000	60	%
Contribution margin		483,000	46.0	%		147,000	70	%		336,000	40	%
Traceable fixed expenses		235,200	22.4	%		109,200	52	%		126,000	15	%
Office segment margin		247,800	23.6	%	$	37,800	18	%	$	210,000	25	%
Common fixed expenses not traceable to offices		168,000	16.0	%
Net operating income	$	79,800	7.6	%

References Section BreakExercise 6-16 Working with a Segmented Income Statement; Break-Even Analysis [LO6-4, LO6-5]

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Exercise 6-16 Part 1

Required:

1-a.	Compute the companywide break-even point indollar sales.(Round "CM ratio" to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

1-b.	Compute the break-even point for the Chicago office and for the Minneapolis office.(Round "CM ratio" to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

1-c.	Is the companywide break-even point greater than, less than, or equal to the sum of the Chicago and Minneapolis break-even points?
	Greater than Less than Equal to

References eBook & Resources WorksheetDifficulty: 1 EasyLearning Objective: 06-05 Compute companywide and segment break-even points for a company with traceable fixed costs.Exercise 6-16 Part 1Learning Objective: 06-04 Prepare a segmented income statement that differentiates traceable fixed costs from common fixed costs and use it to make decisions.Check my work

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Exercise 6-16 Part 2

2.	By how much would the companys net operating income increase if Minneapolis increased its sales by $105,000 per year? Assume no change in cost behavior patterns.

References eBook & Resources WorksheetDifficulty: 1 EasyLearning Objective: 06-05 Compute companywide and segment break-even points for a company with traceable fixed costs.Exercise 6-16 Part 2Learning Objective: 06-04 Prepare a segmented income statement that differentiates traceable fixed costs from common fixed costs and use it to make decisions.Check my work

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Exercise 6-16 Part 3

3.	Refer to the original data. Assume that sales in Chicago increase by $70,000 next year and that sales in Minneapolis remain unchanged. Assume no change in fixed costs.

a.	Prepare a new segmented income statement for the company.(Round your percentage answers to 1 decimal place (i.e .1234 should be entered as 12.3))