Thalassines Kataskeves, S$.$A$.$

Income Statement$$Bilge Pump

For the Quarter Ended March $31$

Sales $ $440,000$

Variable expenses:

Variable manufacturing expenses $ $124,000$

Sales commissions $48,000$

Shipping $13,000$

Total variable expenses $185,000$

Contribution margin $255,000$

Fixed expenses:

Advertising $($for the bilge pump product line$)27,000$

Depreciation of equipment $($no resale value$)114,000$

General factory overhead $37,000*$

Salary of product$-$line manager $115,000$

Insurance on inventories $12,000$

Purchasing department $45,000$

Total fixed expenses $350,000$

Net operating loss $ $(95,000)$

$*$Common costs allocated on the basis of machine$-$hours.

$$Common costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars.

Discontinuing the bilge pump product line would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the company$$s total general factory overhead or total Purchasing Department expenses.

 

 

Required:

What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of discontinuing the bilge pump product line?

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