X i Data Table A B D 3 5 1 Rhode Island Flooring 2 Product Line Contribution Margin Income Statement 3 For the Year 4 Product lines Laminate 5 Wood flooring flooring Company Total 6 Sales revenue $ 304,000 $ 134,000 $ 438,000 7 Less: Variable expenses 156,000 90,000 246,000 8 Contribution margin $ 148,000 $ 44,000 $ 192,000 9 Less fixed expenses: 10 Manufacturing 79,000 53,000 132,000 11 Marketing and administrative 54,000 7,000 61,000 12 Operating income (loss) $ 15,000 $ (16,000) $ (1,000) Top managers of Rhode Island Flooring are alarmed by their operating losses. They are considering dropping the laminate flooring product line. Company accountants have prepared the following analysis to help make this decision: (Click the icon to view the analysis.) Total fixed costs will not change if the company stops selling laminate flooring. Read the requirements Requirement 1. Prepare an incremental analysis to show whether Rhode Island Flooring should discontinue the laminate flooring product line. Will discontinuing laminate flooring add $16,000 to operating income? Explain. (Enter a "0" in an input field if there is no expected change as a result of discontinuing the laminate flooring product in this scenario.) Total Incremental Analysis for Discontinuation Decision Contribution margin lost if laminate flooring product line is dropped Less: Fixed cost savings if laminate flooring product line is dropped Operating income if laminate flooring is dropped Decision: It is V to conclude that dropping laminate flooring would add $16,000 to operating income. If the company discontinues the laminate flooring product line, it incur fixed expenses allocated to laminate flooring. Requirement 2. Assume that the company can avoid $17,000 of fixed expenses by discontinuing the laminate flooring product line (these costs are direct fixed costs of the laminate flooring product line). Prepare an incremental analysis to show whether the company should stop selling laminate flooring. (Enter a "0" in an input field if there is no expected change as a result of discontinuing the laminate flooring in this scenario.) Incremental Analysis for Discontinuation Decision Total Contribution margin lost if laminate flooring product line is dropped Less: Fixed cost savings if laminate flooring product line is dropped Operating income if laminate flooring is dropped Decision because, assuming $17,000 of fixed expenses attributable to the laminate flooring product line can be avoided, the loss of contribution margin the fixed cost savings Requirement 3. Now, assume that all of the fixed costs assigned to laminate flooring are direct fixed costs and can be avoided if the company stops selling laminate flooring. However, marketing has concluded that wood flooring sales would be adversely affected by discontinuing the laminate flooring line (retailers want to buy both from the same supplier). Wood flooring production and sales would decline 10%. What should the company do? Prepare an incremental analysis. (Enter a "0" in an input field if there is no expected change as a result of discontinuing the laminate flooring line in this scenario.) Total Incremental Analysis for Discontinuation Decision Laminate flooring contribution margin lost if laminate flooring product line is dropped Wood flooring contribution margin lost if laminate flooring product line is dropped Less: Fixed cost savings if laminate flooring product line is dropped Operating income if laminate flooring is dropped Decision: because, assuming that all fixed costs assigned to the laminate flooring product line can be avoided but that wood flooring production and sales would decline 10%, the loss of contribution margin the fixed cost savings
