Management is disappointed with the company’s performance and is wondering what

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Management is disappointed with the company’s performance and is wondering what can be done to improve profits. By examining sales and cost records, you have determined the following:

The company is divided into two sales territories—Northern and Southern. The Northern Territory recorded $400,000 in sales and $180,000 in variable expenses during June; the remaining sales and variable expenses were recorded in the Southern Territory. Fixed expenses of $216,000 and $135,000 are traceable to the Northern and Southern Territories, respectively. The rest of the fixed expenses are common to the two territories.

The company is the exclusive distributor for two products—Paks and Tibs. Sales of Paks and Tibs totaled $200,000 and $200,000, respectively, in the Northern territory during June. Variable expenses are 26% of the selling price for Paks and 64% for Tibs. Cost records show that $92,000 of the Northern Territory’s fixed expenses are traceable to Paks and $42,000 to Tibs, with the remainder common to the two products.

Prepare contribution format segmented income statements for the total company broken down between sales territories. (Round the percentage answers to one decimal place (i.e .1234 should be entered as 12.3))

Prepare contribution format segmented income statements for the Northern Territory broken down by product line. (Round the percentage answers to one decimal place (i.e .1234 should be entered as 12.3))

Explanation / Answer

1a contribution format segmented income statements   

  Northern Southern      Vulcan Company

  sales 400000 500000 900000

less: variable expense 180000 220000    400000

contribution margin 220000 280000 500000

less: fixed cost 216000 135000 351000

less: common cost 119000

Net operating expense 4000 145000 30000

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