Pittsburgh-Walsh Company (PWC) is a manufacturi Division assembles units for the upscale and mid-range markets ng com pany whose product line consists of lighting fixtures and electronic timing devices. The Lighting Fixtures . The Electronic Timing Devices Division manufactures Instrumen t panels that allow electronic systems both efficiency and safety purposes. Both divisions operate out of the same manufacturing facilities and share production equipment pwc's budget for the year ending December 31, 20x1, follows and was prepared on a business segment basis under the following guidelines: a. Variable expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. b. Fixed overhead expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. c. The production plan is for 8,000 upscale fixtures, 22,000 mid-range fixtures, and 20,000 electronic timing devices Production equals sales. plan for division management that required meeting the budget's planned operating income by product line, witha bonus increment if the division exceeds the planned product line operating income by 10 percent or more Prior to the close of the fiscal year, the division controllers were furnished with preliminary year-end data reflect the revised units to 12,000 presented as follows actual data for review and adjustment, as appropriate. These preliminary of production amounting to 12,000 upscale fixtures, 4,000 mid-range fixtures, and 30,000 electronic timing devices and are pwc Preliminary Actuals For the Year Ending December 31, 20x1 (In Thousands of Dollars) Lighting Fixtures Upscale Mid-Range Electronic Timing Total Devices $1,200 $3,500 s 2,160 $140 Variable e (1.080) (80 (480) (1,640) (96) (367) s 624 $1,493 80 234 $ 544 $ 1,259 Cost of goods sold (260) $ 820 140 s 680 Selling and administrative Contribution margin Fixed overhead expenses 14 s 35 Segment margin The controller of the Lighting Fixtures Division, anticipating a similar bonus plan for 20x2, is contemplating deferring some revenues to the next year on the pretext that the sales are not yet final and accruing in the current year expenditures that will be applicable to the first quarter of 20x2. The corporation would meet its annual plan, and the division would exceed the 10 percent incremental bonus plateau in 20x1 despite the deferred revenues and accrued expenses contemplated Prior to the close of the fiscal year, the division controllers were furnished with preliminary year-end data reflect the revised units to 12,000 presented as follows actual data for review and adjustment, as appropriate. These preliminary of production amounting to 12,000 upscale fixtures, 4,000 mid-range fixtures, and 30,000 electronic timing devices and are pwc Preliminary Actuals For the Year Ending December 31, 20x1 (In Thousands of Dollars) Lighting Fixtures Upscale Mid-Range Electronic Timing Total Devices $1,200 $3,500 s 2,160 $140 Variable e (1.080) (80 (480) (1,640) (96) (367) s 624 $1,493 80 234 $ 544 $ 1,259 Cost of goods sold (260) $ 820 140 s 680 Selling and administrative Contribution margin Fixed overhead expenses 14 s 35 Segment margin The controller of the Lighting Fixtures Division, anticipating a similar bonus plan for 20x2, is contemplating deferring some revenues to the next year on the pretext that the sales are not yet final and accruing in the current year expenditures that will be applicable to the first quarter of 20x2. The corporation would meet its annual plan, and the division would exceed the 10 percent incremental bonus plateau in 20x1 despite the deferred revenues and accrued expenses contemplated Pittsburgh-Walsh Company (PWC) is a manufacturi Division assembles units for the upscale and mid-range markets ng com pany whose product line consists of lighting fixtures and electronic timing devices. The Lighting Fixtures . The Electronic Timing Devices Division manufactures Instrumen t panels that allow electronic systems both efficiency and safety purposes. Both divisions operate out of the same manufacturing facilities and share production equipment pwc's budget for the year ending December 31, 20x1, follows and was prepared on a business segment basis under the following guidelines: a. Variable expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. b. Fixed overhead expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. c. The production plan is for 8,000 upscale fixtures, 22,000 mid-range fixtures, and 20,000 electronic timing devices Production equals sales. plan for division management that required meeting the budget's planned operating income by product line, witha bonus increment if the division exceeds the planned product line operating income by 10 percent or more ittsburgh Walsh Company (PWC) is a manufacturing company whose product line consists of lighting fixtures and electronic timing devices. The ughting to be activated and deactivated at scheduled times for both officiency and safety purposes. Both divisions operate out of the same manufacturi Division assembles units for the upscale and mid-range markets. The Electronic Timing Devices Division manufactures Instrument panels that allow electronic systems production equipment pwC's budget for the year ending December 31, 20x1, follows and was prepared on a business segment basis under the following guidelines a. Variable expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. bFixed overhead expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. c. The production plan is for 8,000 upscale fixtures, 22,000 mid-range fixtures, and 20,000 electronic timing devices. Production equals sales bd d PWC established a bonus plan for division management that required meeting the budget's planned operating income by product line, with a bonus increment if the division exceeds the planned product line operating income by 10 percent or more. selling and administrative Contribution margin Fixed overhead expenses (260) $ 820 140 s 680 (96) (367) $ 624 $ 1,493 80 234 $544 $1,259 s 49 14 s 35 Segment margin The controller of the Lighting Fixtures Division, anticipating a similar bonus plan for 20x2, is contemplating deferring some revenues to the next year on the pretext first quarter of 20x2. The corporation would meet its annual that the sales are not yet final and accruing in the current year expenditures that will be applicable to the in 20x1 despite the deferred revenues and accrued expenses contemplated. Required: ganization realizes from segment reporting. Evaluate a var 1. Select one benefits that an or e segment reporting on a variable-costing basis versus an absorption-costing basis. dollars, rather than in thousands of dollars For 2. Calculate the contribution margin, contribution margin volume, and sales mix variances. Enter your answers in example, enter "750,000" rather than 750. If required, round calculations to the nearest cent. Contribution margin variance Contribution margin volume Sales mix varlance Shortly before the year began, the CEO Jack Parkon, suffered a heart attack and retired. After reviewing the 20x1 budget, the new CEO Joe Kelly decided to close the lighting fixtures mid-range product line by the end of the first quarter and use the available production capacity to grow the remaining two product lines. The marketing staff advised that electronic timing devices could grow by 40 percent with increased direct sales support. Increases above that level and increasing sales of upscale lighting fixtures would require expanded advertising expenditures to increase consumer awareness of PWC as an electronics and upscale lighting fixtures company. Kelly approved the increased sales support and advertising expenditures to achleve the revised plan. Kelly advised the divisions that for bonus purposes the original product-line operating income objectives must be met, but he did allow the Lighting Fixtures Division to combine the operating income objectives for both product lines for bonus purposes Prior to the close of the fiscal year, the division controllers were furnished with prelminary actual data for review and adjustment, as appropriate. These preliminary -end data reflect the revised units of production amounting to 12,000 upscale fixtures, 4,000 mid-range flixtures, and 30,000 electronic timing devices and are presented as follows: Pittsburgh-Walsh Company (PWC) is a manufacturi Division assembles units for the upscale and mid-range markets ng com pany whose product line consists of lighting fixtures and electronic timing devices. The Lighting Fixtures . The Electronic Timing Devices Division manufactures Instrumen t panels that allow electronic systems both efficiency and safety purposes. Both divisions operate out of the same manufacturing facilities and share production equipment pwc's budget for the year ending December 31, 20x1, follows and was prepared on a business segment basis under the following guidelines: a. Variable expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. b. Fixed overhead expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. c. The production plan is for 8,000 upscale fixtures, 22,000 mid-range fixtures, and 20,000 electronic timing devices Production equals sales. plan for division management that required meeting the budget's planned operating income by product line, witha bonus increment if the division exceeds the planned product line operating income by 10 percent or more Prior to the close of the fiscal year, the division controllers were furnished with preliminary year-end data reflect the revised units to 12,000 presented as follows actual data for review and adjustment, as appropriate. These preliminary of production amounting to 12,000 upscale fixtures, 4,000 mid-range fixtures, and 30,000 electronic timing devices and are pwc Preliminary Actuals For the Year Ending December 31, 20x1 (In Thousands of Dollars) Lighting Fixtures Upscale Mid-Range Electronic Timing Total Devices $1,200 $3,500 s 2,160 $140 Variable e (1.080) (80 (480) (1,640) (96) (367) s 624 $1,493 80 234 $ 544 $ 1,259 Cost of goods sold (260) $ 820 140 s 680 Selling and administrative Contribution margin Fixed overhead expenses 14 s 35 Segment margin The controller of the Lighting Fixtures Division, anticipating a similar bonus plan for 20x2, is contemplating deferring some revenues to the next year on the pretext that the sales are not yet final and accruing in the current year expenditures that will be applicable to the first quarter of 20x2. The corporation would meet its annual plan, and the division would exceed the 10 percent incremental bonus plateau in 20x1 despite the deferred revenues and accrued expenses contemplated Prior to the close of the fiscal year, the division controllers were furnished with preliminary year-end data reflect the revised units to 12,000 presented as follows actual data for review and adjustment, as appropriate. These preliminary of production amounting to 12,000 upscale fixtures, 4,000 mid-range fixtures, and 30,000 electronic timing devices and are pwc Preliminary Actuals For the Year Ending December 31, 20x1 (In Thousands of Dollars) Lighting Fixtures Upscale Mid-Range Electronic Timing Total Devices $1,200 $3,500 s 2,160 $140 Variable e (1.080) (80 (480) (1,640) (96) (367) s 624 $1,493 80 234 $ 544 $ 1,259 Cost of goods sold (260) $ 820 140 s 680 Selling and administrative Contribution margin Fixed overhead expenses 14 s 35 Segment margin The controller of the Lighting Fixtures Division, anticipating a similar bonus plan for 20x2, is contemplating deferring some revenues to the next year on the pretext that the sales are not yet final and accruing in the current year expenditures that will be applicable to the first quarter of 20x2. The corporation would meet its annual plan, and the division would exceed the 10 percent incremental bonus plateau in 20x1 despite the deferred revenues and accrued expenses contemplated Pittsburgh-Walsh Company (PWC) is a manufacturi Division assembles units for the upscale and mid-range markets ng com pany whose product line consists of lighting fixtures and electronic timing devices. The Lighting Fixtures . The Electronic Timing Devices Division manufactures Instrumen t panels that allow electronic systems both efficiency and safety purposes. Both divisions operate out of the same manufacturing facilities and share production equipment pwc's budget for the year ending December 31, 20x1, follows and was prepared on a business segment basis under the following guidelines: a. Variable expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. b. Fixed overhead expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. c. The production plan is for 8,000 upscale fixtures, 22,000 mid-range fixtures, and 20,000 electronic timing devices Production equals sales. plan for division management that required meeting the budget's planned operating income by product line, witha bonus increment if the division exceeds the planned product line operating income by 10 percent or more ittsburgh Walsh Company (PWC) is a manufacturing company whose product line consists of lighting fixtures and electronic timing devices. The ughting to be activated and deactivated at scheduled times for both officiency and safety purposes. Both divisions operate out of the same manufacturi Division assembles units for the upscale and mid-range markets. The Electronic Timing Devices Division manufactures Instrument panels that allow electronic systems production equipment pwC's budget for the year ending December 31, 20x1, follows and was prepared on a business segment basis under the following guidelines a. Variable expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. bFixed overhead expenses are directly assigned to the incurring division. c. The production plan is for 8,000 upscale fixtures, 22,000 mid-range fixtures, and 20,000 electronic timing devices. Production equals sales bd d PWC established a bonus plan for division management that required meeting the budget's planned operating income by product line, with a bonus increment if the division exceeds the planned product line operating income by 10 percent or more. selling and administrative Contribution margin Fixed overhead expenses (260) $ 820 140 s 680 (96) (367) $ 624 $ 1,493 80 234 $544 $1,259 s 49 14 s 35 Segment margin The controller of the Lighting Fixtures Division, anticipating a similar bonus plan for 20x2, is contemplating deferring some revenues to the next year on the pretext first quarter of 20x2. The corporation would meet its annual that the sales are not yet final and accruing in the current year expenditures that will be applicable to the in 20x1 despite the deferred revenues and accrued expenses contemplated. Required: ganization realizes from segment reporting. Evaluate a var 1. Select one benefits that an or e segment reporting on a variable-costing basis versus an absorption-costing basis. dollars, rather than in thousands of dollars For 2. Calculate the contribution margin, contribution margin volume, and sales mix variances. Enter your answers in example, enter "750,000" rather than 750. If required, round calculations to the nearest cent. Contribution margin variance Contribution margin volume Sales mix varlance Shortly before the year began, the CEO Jack Parkon, suffered a heart attack and retired. After reviewing the 20x1 budget, the new CEO Joe Kelly decided to close the lighting fixtures mid-range product line by the end of the first quarter and use the available production capacity to grow the remaining two product lines. The marketing staff advised that electronic timing devices could grow by 40 percent with increased direct sales support. Increases above that level and increasing sales of upscale lighting fixtures would require expanded advertising expenditures to increase consumer awareness of PWC as an electronics and upscale lighting fixtures company. Kelly approved the increased sales support and advertising expenditures to achleve the revised plan. Kelly advised the divisions that for bonus purposes the original product-line operating income objectives must be met, but he did allow the Lighting Fixtures Division to combine the operating income objectives for both product lines for bonus purposes Prior to the close of the fiscal year, the division controllers were furnished with prelminary actual data for review and adjustment, as appropriate. These preliminary -end data reflect the revised units of production amounting to 12,000 upscale fixtures, 4,000 mid-range flixtures, and 30,000 electronic timing devices and are presented as follows