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Jackson County Senior Services is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing

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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: Home Meals On House- Nursing Wheels keeping Total Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: $926,000 266,000 S 405,000 255,000 155,000 100,000 465,000 14,000 461,000 196,000 152,000209,000 40,600 7,800 39,000 81,000 168,400 8,900 Liability insurance Program administrators' salaries General administrative overhead* Total fixed expenses 70,100 44,000 115,000 185,200 414,300 $ 46,700 28,700 S 40,600 $ (22,600) 20,600 15,600 35,400 51,000 122,600 20,600 40,600 53,200 123,300 Net operating income (loss) 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 $46,700 last year to be razorthin. (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

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

1-a

current
Total

total if House-keeping
dropped

Difference in net operating income

Increase/
(decrees)

Revenues

           926,000

            671,000

(255,000)

Variable Expenses

           465,000

            310,000

     155,000

Contribution Margin

           461,000

            361,000

(100,000)

Fixed Expenses:

                        -  

                         -  

                   -  

   Depreciation

           70,100

            70,100

                   -  

   Liability Insurance

              44,000

              28,400

        15,600

   Program administrators' salaries

           115,000

              79,600

        35,400

   General Admin OH*

        185,200

         185,200

                   -  

Total fixed expenses

           414,300

            363,300

        51,000

Net operating income (loss)

              46,700

              (2,300)

     (49,000)

1-b

Should the housekeeping program be discontinued?

Answer: NO

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2-a

Segmented income statement

Total

Home Nursing

Meals on Wheels

House-keeping

Revenues

           926,000

            266,000

     405,000

   255,000

Variable Expenses

           465,000

            114,000

     196,000

   155,000

Contribution Margin

           461,000

            152,000

     209,000

   100,000

Traceable Fixed Expenses:

   Depreciation

              70,100

                 8,900

        40,600

      20,600

   Liability Insurance

              44,000

              20,600

           7,800

      15,600

   Program administrators' salaries

           115,000

              40,600

        39,000

      35,400

total traceable fixed cost

           229,100

              70,100

        87,400

      71,600

program segment margin

           231,900

              81,900

     121,600

      28,400

   General Admin OH

           185,200

Net operating income (loss)

              46,700

2-b

Would Segmented income statement is more useful to the management

Answer:

Yeas

current
Total

total if House-keeping
dropped

Difference in net operating income

Increase/
(decrees)

Revenues

           926,000

            671,000

(255,000)

Variable Expenses

           465,000

            310,000

     155,000

Contribution Margin

           461,000

            361,000

(100,000)

Fixed Expenses:

                        -  

                         -  

                   -  

   Depreciation

           70,100

            70,100

                   -  

   Liability Insurance

              44,000

              28,400

        15,600

   Program administrators' salaries

           115,000

              79,600

        35,400

   General Admin OH*

        185,200

         185,200

                   -  

Total fixed expenses

           414,300

            363,300

        51,000

Net operating income (loss)

              46,700

              (2,300)

     (49,000)