Prepare a segment margin income statement

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Question - Jackson Brothers Instruments sells stringed instruments. Trent Jackson, the company's president, just received the following income statement reporting the results of the past year.

 

Banjos

Guitars

Fiddles

Total

Sales revenue

$1,250,000

$3,600,000

$2,380,000

$7,230,000

Variable cost of goods sold

850,000

2,340,000

1,904,000

5,094,000

Fixed cost of goods sold

115,000

188,000

166,000

469,000

Gross profit

285,000

1,072,000

310,000

1,667,000

Variable operating expenses

170,000

675,000

238,000

1,083,000

Fixed operating expenses

85,000

80,000

83,000

248,000

Common fixed costs

40,000

110,000

77,000

227,000

Operating income

$(10,000)

$207,000

($88,000)

$109,000

Trent is concerned that two of the company's divisions are showing a loss, and he wonders if the company should stop selling Banjos and Fiddles to concentrate solely on guitars.

Required -

a. Prepare a segment margin income statement. Fixed cost of goods sold and fixed operating expenses can be traced to each division.

b. Should Trent close the banjos and fiddles divisions? Why or why not?

c. Trent wants to change the allocation method used to allocate common fixed costs to the divisions. His plan is to allocate these costs based on sales revenue. Will this new allocation method change your decision on whether to close the guitars and fiddles divisions? Why or why not?

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