Question

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 seniors—home 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	$	925,000	$	269,000	$	404,000	$	252,000
Variable expenses		457,000		110,000		191,000		156,000
Contribution margin		468,000		159,000		213,000		96,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		69,800		9,000		40,600		20,200
Liability insurance		43,600		20,400		7,600		15,600
Program administrators’ salaries		115,800		40,800		38,900		36,100
General administrative overhead*		185,000		53,800		80,800		50,400
Total fixed expenses		414,200		124,000		167,900		122,300
Net operating income (loss)	$	53,800	$	35,000	$	45,100	$	(26,300)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last year’s net operating income of $53,800 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?

Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement.

	Total Home Nursing Meals On Wheels House-keeping Revenues Variable expenses Contribution margin 0 0 0 0 Traceable fixed expenses: Depreciation Liability insurance Program administrators’ salaries Total traceable fixed expenses 0 0 0 0 Program segment margins 0 $0 $0 $0 General administrative overhead Net operating income (loss) 0

Answer 1

Solution 1 (a)

	Current Total	Total If House- keeping Is Dropped	Difference: Net Operating Income Increase or (Decrease)
Revenues	$ 925,000	$ 673,000	(252,000)
Variable expenses	457,000	301,000	156,000
Contribution margin	468,000	372,000	(96,000)
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation	69,800	69,800	0
Liability insurance	43,600	28,000	15,600
Program administrators’ salaries	115,800	79,700	36,100
General administrative overhead*	185,000	185,000	0
Total fixed expenses	414,200	362,500	51,700
Net operating income (loss)	$ 53,800	9,500	$ (44,300)

The financial disadvantage of discontinuing the Housekeeping program is that it will reduce net operating income by $ 44,300.

Solution 1 (b)

No, The Housekeeping program should not be discontinued as it will not be beneficial for the organization, as it will reduce net operating income by $ 44,300.

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