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| Income Statement |
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| For the Month Ended June 30 |
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| Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750,000 |
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| Variable expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336,000 |
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| Contribution margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,000 |
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| Fixed expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378,000 |
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| Net operating income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,000 |
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Management is disappointed with the company’s performance and is wondering what can be |
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done to improve profits. By examining sales and cost records, you have determined the following: |
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a. The company is divided into two sales territories—Northern and Southern. The Northern territory |
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recorded $300,000 in sales and $156,000 in variable expenses during June; the remaining |
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sales and variable expenses were recorded in the Southern territory. Fixed expenses of |
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$120,000 and $108,000 are traceable to the Northern and Southern territories, respectively. |
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The rest of the fixed expenses are common to the two territories. |
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b. The company is the exclusive distributor for two products—Paks and Tibs. Sales of Paks and |
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Tibs totaled $50,000 and $250,000, respectively, in the Northern territory during June. Variable |
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expenses are 22% of the selling price for Paks and 58% for Tibs. Cost records show that |
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$30,000 of the Northern territory’s fixed expenses are traceable to Paks and $40,000 to Tibs, |
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with the remainder common to the two products. |
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Required: |
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1. Prepare contribution format segmented income statements first showing the total company |
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broken down between sales territories and then showing the Northern territory broken down |
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by product line. In addition, for the company as a whole and for each segment, show each item |
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on the segmented income statements as a percent of sales. |
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2. Look at the statement you have prepared showing the total company segmented by sales territory. |
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What insights revealed by this statement should be brought to the attention of management? |
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3. Look at the statement you have prepared showing the Northern territory segmented by product |
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lines. What insights revealed by this statement should be brought to the attention of management? |