In: Accounting
Piedmont Company segments its business into two regions—North and South. The company prepared the contribution format segmented income statement shown below:
Total Company |
North | South | ||||
Sales | $ | 812,500 | $ | 650,000 | $ | 162,500 |
Variable expenses | 552,500 | 520,000 | 32,500 | |||
Contribution margin | 260,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | |||
Traceable fixed expenses | 134,000 | 67,000 | 67,000 | |||
Segment margin | 126,000 | $ | 63,000 | $ | 63,000 | |
Common fixed expenses | 54,000 | |||||
Net operating income | $ | 72,000 | ||||
Required:
1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales.
2. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the North region.
3. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the South region.
Answer- 1)- The companywide break-even point in dollar sales= $587500.
Explanation- Companywide break-even point in dollar sales = (Traceable fixed expenses+ Common fixed expenses)/ Overall contribution margin ratio
= ($134000+$54000)/32%
= $587500
Where- Overall contribution margin ratio = (Total contribution margin/Total sales)*100
= ($260000/$812500)*100
= 32%
2)- The break-even point in dollar sales for the North region= $315000.
Explanation- Break-even point in dollar sales for the North region = Segment traceable fixed expenses/ Segment contribution margin ratio
= $63000/20%
= $315000
Where- Segment contribution margin ratio = (Segment contribution margin/Segment sales)*100
= ($130000/$650000)*100
= 20%
3)- The break-even point in dollar sales for the South region= $78750.
Explanation- Break-even point in dollar sales for the South region = Segment traceable fixed expenses/ Segment contribution margin ratio
= $63000/80%
= $78750
Where- Segment contribution margin ratio = (Segment contribution margin/Segment sales)*100
= ($130000/$162500)*100
= 80%