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	$	920,000	$	266,000	$	403,000	$	251,000
Variable expenses		465,000		118,000		194,000		153,000
Contribution margin		455,000		148,000		209,000		98,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		69,200		8,100		40,200		20,900
Liability insurance		43,400		20,700		7,400		15,300
Program administrators salaries		113,900		40,200		38,500		35,200
General administrative overhead*		184,000		53,200		80,600		50,200
Total fixed expenses		410,500		122,200		166,700		121,600
Net operating income (loss)	$	44,500	$	25,800	$	42,300	$	(23,600)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $44,500 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?