Problem 12-19 Dropping or Retaining a Segment [LO12-2]

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	$	924,000	$	264,000	$	405,000	$	255,000
Variable expenses		479,000		119,000		201,000		159,000
Contribution margin		445,000		145,000		204,000		96,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		70,000		8,800		40,700		20,500
Liability insurance		43,600		20,500		7,600		15,500
Program administrators salaries		114,000		40,100		38,100		35,800
General administrative overhead*		184,800		52,800		81,000		51,000
Total fixed expenses		412,400		122,200		167,400		122,800
Net operating income (loss)	$	32,600	$	22,800	$	36,600	$	(26,800)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $32,600 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?