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 $ 268,000 $ 405,000 $ 252,000 Variable expenses 479,000 118,000 205,000 156,000 Contribution margin 446,000 150,000 200,000 96,000 Fixed expenses: Depreciation 69,800 8,800 40,500 20,500 Liability insurance 44,000 20,800 7,400 15,800 Program administrators’ salaries 115,700 40,700 38,800 36,200 General administrative overhead* 185,000 53,600 81,000 50,400 Total fixed expenses 414,500 123,900 167,700 122,900 Net operating income (loss) $ 31,500 $ 26,100 $ 32,300 $ (26,900) *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 $31,500 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?

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