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Fausnaught Corporation has two major business segments –retail and wholesale. In

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Question

Fausnaught Corporation has two major business segments –retail and wholesale. In October, the retail business segment hadsales revenues of $730,000, variable expenses of $409,000, andtraceable fixed expenses of $117,000. During the same month, thewholesale business segment had sales revenues of $400,000, variableexpenses of $220,000, and traceable fixed expenses of $48,000.Common fixed expenses totaled $218,000 and were allocated asfollows: $122,000 to the retail business segment and $96,000 to thewholesale business segment.
Required :
Prepare a segmented income statement in the contribution format forthe company. Omit percentages, show only dollar amounts

Explanation / Answer

                 Fausnaught Corporation                  Income statement                  For the month ended Oct                                                     Retail                    Wholesale Sales                                         730,000                     400,000 - Variablecosts                         409,000                      220,000 ContributionMargin                  321,000                      180,000 Fixed costs TraceableF.costs                     117,000                        48,000 Common fixedcosts                 122,000    96,000 Total fixedcosts                       239,000                       144,000 OperatingIncome                      82,000    36,000