In: Accounting
Forchen, Inc., provided the following information for two of its divisions for last year:
Small Appliances Division |
Cleaning Products Division |
|
Sales | $34,690,000 | $31,350,000 |
Operating income | 2,365,700 | 1,252,700 |
Operating assets, January 1 | 6,397,000 | 5,670,000 |
Operating assets, December 31 | 7,550,000 | 6,590,000 |
Forchen, Inc., requires an 7 percent minimum rate of return.
Required:
1. Calculate residual income for the Small Appliances Division.
$ _____
2. Calculate residual income for the Cleaning Products Division.
$ _____
3. What if the minimum required rate of return was 8 percent? How would that affect the residual income of the two divisions?
Small Appliances Division residual income would be | HIGHER/LOWER/UNAFFECTED |
Cleaning Products Division residual income would be | HIGHER/LOWER/UNAFFECTED |