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	$	922,000	$	270,000	$	400,000	$	252,000
Variable expenses		476,000		116,000		207,000		153,000
Contribution margin		446,000		154,000		193,000		99,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		68,900		8,400		40,300		20,200
Liability insurance		43,600		20,700		7,500		15,400
Program administrators salaries		114,300		41,000		38,200		35,100
General administrative overhead*		184,400		54,000		80,000		50,400
Total fixed expenses		411,200		124,100		166,000		121,100
Net operating income (loss)	$	34,800	$	29,900	$	27,000	$	(22,100)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $34,800 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?