Problem 12-19 Dropping or Retaining a Segment [LO12-2]

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 seniorshome nursing, Meals On Wheels, and housekeeping. Data on revenue and expenses for the past year follow:

		Total		Home Nursing		Meals On Wheels		House- keeping
Revenues	$	933,000	$	266,000	$	407,000	$	260,000
Variable expenses		471,000		114,000		199,000		158,000
Contribution margin		462,000		152,000		208,000		102,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		69,600		8,500		40,400		20,700
Liability insurance		43,800		20,600		7,300		15,900
Program administrators salaries		114,300		40,900		38,200		35,200
General administrative overhead*		186,600		53,200		81,400		52,000
Total fixed expenses		414,300		123,200		167,300		123,800
Net operating income (loss)	$	47,700	$	28,800	$	40,700	$	(21,800)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $47,700 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. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program?

2. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement.