Reference no: EM132452049

Problem - Toxaway Company is a merchandiser that segments its business into two divisions-Commercial and Residential. The company's accounting intern was asked to prepare segmented income statements that the company's divisional managers could use to calculate their break-even points and make decisions. She took the prior month's companywide income statement and prepared the absorption format segmented income statement shown below:

	Total Company	Commercial	Residential
Sales	$765,000	$255,000	$510,000
Cost of goods sold	510,000	142,800	367,200
Gross margin	255,000	112,200	142,800
Selling and administrative expenses	244,000	106,000	138,000
Net operating income	$11,000	$6,200	$4,800

In preparing these statements, the intern determined that Toxaway's only variable selling and administrative expense is a 10% sales commission on all sales. The company's total fixed expenses include $85,500 of common fixed expenses that would continue to be incurred even if the Commercial or Residential segments are discontinued, $52,000 of fixed expenses that would be avoided if the Commericial segment is dropped, and $30,000 of fixed expenses that would be avoided if the Residential segment is dropped.

Required -

A. How much of the company's common fixed expenses did she allocate to the Commercial and Residential segments?

B. What is the intern's segmented income statement using the contribution format.

C. What is the companywide break-even point in dollar sales?

D. What is the break-even point in dollar sales for the Commercial Division and for the Residential Division?

E. Assume the company decided to pay its sales representatives in the Commercial and Residential Divisions a total monthly salary of $12,000 and $24,000, respectively, and to lower its companywide sales commission percentage from 10% to 5%. Calculate the new break-even point in dollar sales for the Commercial Division and the Residential Division.