Problem 11-19 Dropping or Retaining a Segment [LO11-2]

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	$	925,000	$	262,000	$	406,000	$	257,000
Variable expenses		472,000		113,000		203,000		156,000
Contribution margin		453,000		149,000		203,000		101,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		70,400		8,700		40,700		21,000
Liability insurance		43,200		20,100		7,700		15,400
Program administrators salaries		115,300		40,200		38,700		36,400
General administrative overhead*		185,000		52,400		81,200		51,400
Total fixed expenses		413,900		121,400		168,300		124,200
Net operating income (loss)	$	39,100	$	27,600	$	34,700	$	(23,200)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $39,100 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. 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?