Income statement relevant to decision

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You are the new Chief Financial Officer for Callahan Automotive and have been asked by the Chief Executive Officer to take a look at the Muffler Division. The other two divisions of Callahan Automotive, the Brake Pad Division and the Oil Filter Division are performing well financially, however the Muffler Division has shown a loss for the past three quarters and the CEO is considering dropping the division. Discontinuing the muffler division would not affect the company's sales of its other product lines, its total general factory overhead, or its total purchasing department expenses.

Below is the Muffler Division's income statement for the current quarter.

Callahan Automotive

Income Statement - Muffler Division

For the Quarter Ended June 30




Sales


$450,000

Variable Expenses:



Variable Manufacturing Overhead

$130,000


Sales Commissions

$ 48,000


Shipping

$ 12,000


Total Variable Expenses


$190,000




Contribution Margin


$ 260,000




Fixed Expenses:



Salary of Product Line Manager

$ 21,000


General Factory Overhead *

$104,000


Depreciation of Equipment (no resale value)

$ 36,000


Advertising ' traceable

$110,000


Insurance on inventories

$ 9,000


Purchasing Department **

$ 50,000


Total Fixed Expenses


$330,000




Net Operating Loss


$ (70,000)




*allocated on the basis of machine-hours



** allocated on the basis of sales dollars



Would you recommend to the CEO that the company discontinue the Muffler Division?

Support your answer with appropriate computations. Include in your response which line items on the income statement are relevant to this decision and why.

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