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 $ 900,000 $ 260,000 $ 400,000 $ 240,000 Variable expenses 490,000 120,000 210,000 160,000 Contribution margin 410,000 140,000 190,000 80,000 Fixed expenses: Depreciation 68,000 8,000 40,000 20,000 Liability insurance 42,000 20,000 7,000 15,000 Program administrators’ salaries 115,000 40,000 38,000 37,000 General administrative overhead* 180,000 52,000 80,000 48,000 Total fixed expenses 405,000 120,000 165,000 120,000 Net operating income (loss) $ 5,000 $ 20,000 $ 25,000 $ (40,000) *Allocated on the basis of program revenues. The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, is concerned about the organization’s finances and considers the net operating income of $5,000 last year to be razor-thin. (Last year's results were very similar to the results for previous years and are representative of what would be expected in the future.) She feels that the organization should be building its financial reserves at a more rapid rate in order to prepare for the next inevitable recession. After seeing the above report, Ms. Miyama asked for more information about the financial advisability of perhaps 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 impact on net operating income by discontinuing housekeeping program?(Decreases should be indicated by a minus sign.) 1-b. Should the housekeeping program be discontinued? Yes No 2-a. Prepare a 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. Yes No

Answer 1

1-a. What is the impact on net operating income by discontinuing housekeeping program

The impact on net operating income by discontinuing housekeeping program is as under

Particular	Amount $	Amount $
Contribution margin lost if the housekeeping program is dropped		-80000
Fixed costs which could be avoided:
Liability insurance	15000
Program administrator’s salary	37,000	52,000
Decrease in operating income for the organization as a whole		-28000

• Depreciation on the van is a sunk cost
• The general administrative overhead is allocated and none of it would be avoided so it is not relevant to the decision.

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1-b. Should the housekeeping program be discontinued?

No,

Explanation

the housekeeping program should not be discontinued because it generating a positive program segment margin

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2-a. Prepare a segmented income statement.

	Total	Home Nursing	Meals on Wheels	House-keeping
Revenues	900000	260000	400000	240000
Less Variable expenses	490,000	120,000	210,000	160,000
Contribution margin	410,000	140,000	190,000	80,000
Traceable fixed expenses:
Depreciation	68000	8000	40000	20000
Liability insurance	42000	20000	7000	15000
Program administrators’ salaries	115,000	40,000	38,000	37,000
Total traceable fixed expenses	225,000	68,000	85,000	72,000
Program segment margins	185,000	$ 72,000	105000	$  8,000
General administrative overhead	180,000
Operating income (loss)	$ 5,000

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2-b. Would a segmented income statement format be more useful to management in assessing the long-run financial viability of the various services.

Yes

Explanation

segmented income statement format be more useful to management in assessing the long-run financial viability of the various services because the management can access the performance of each segment