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	$	900,000	$	260,000	$	400,000	$	240,000
Variable expenses		490,000		120,000		210,000		160,000
Contribution margin		410,000		140,000		190,000		80,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		68,000		8,000		40,000		20,000
Liability insurance		42,000		20,000		7,000		15,000
Program administrators salaries		115,000		40,000		38,000		37,000
General administrative overhead*		180,000		52,000		80,000		48,000
Total fixed expenses		405,000		120,000		165,000		120,000
Net operating income (loss)	$	5,000	$	20,000	$	25,000	$	(40,000	)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $5,000 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?