$4$ 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:

$*$Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last year's net operating income of $\backslash$$$49,200$ to be unsatisfactory; therefore, she is considering the possibility of 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.

Required:

$1-$a$.$ What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of discontinuing the Housekeeping program?

$1-$b$.$ Should the Housekeeping program be discontinued?

$2-$a$.$ Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement.

$2-$b$.$ Would a segmented income statement format be more useful to management in assessing the long$-$run financial viability of the various services?

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of discontinuing the Housekeeping program? Req $\backslash (1$ A $\backslash )$

Req $1$B

Req $2$A

Req $2$B

Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement.

$\backslash$begin$\{$tabular$\}\{|$c$|$c$|$c$|$c$|$c$|\}$

$\backslash$hline & Total & Home Nursing & Meals On Wheels & Housekeeping $\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Revenues & & & & $\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Variable expenses & & & & $\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Contribution margin & $0$ & $0$ & $0$ & $0\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Traceable fixed expenses: & & & & $\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Depreciation & & & & $\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Liability insurance & & & & $\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Program administrators' salaries & & & & $\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Total traceable fixed expenses & $0$ & $0$ & $0$ & $0\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Program segment margins & $0$ & $\backslash$$ $0$ & $\backslash$$ $0$ & $\backslash$$ $0\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline General administrative overhead & & & & $\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline Net operating income $($loss$)$ & $0$ & & & $\backslash \backslash$

$\backslash$hline

$\backslash$end$\{$tabular$\}$

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