Question: Elegant Decor Company’s management is trying
Elegant Decor Company’s management is trying to decide whether to eliminate Department 200, which has produced losses or low profits for several years. The company’s 2015 departmental income statements show the following.
In analyzing whether to eliminate Department 200, management considers the following:
a. The company has one office worker who earns $600 per week, or $31,200 per year, and four salesclerks who each earn $500 per week, or $26,000 per year for each salesclerk.
b. The full salaries of two salesclerks are charged to Department 100. The full salary of one salesclerk is charged to Department 200. The salary of the fourth clerk, who works half-time in both departments, is divided evenly between the two departments.
c. Eliminating Department 200 would avoid the sales salaries and the office salary currently allocated to it. However, management prefers another plan. Two salesclerks have indicated that they will be quitting soon. Management believes that their work can be done by the other two clerks if the one office worker works in sales half-time. Eliminating Department 200 will allow this shift of duties. If this change is implemented, half the office worker’s salary would be reported as sales salaries and half would be reported as office salary.
d. The store building is rented under a long-term lease that cannot be changed. Therefore, Department 100 will use the space and equipment currently used by Department 200.
e. Closing Department 200 will eliminate its expenses for advertising, bad debts, and store supplies; 70% of the insurance expense allocated to it to cover its merchandise inventory; and 25% of the miscellaneous office expenses presently allocated to it.
Required
1. Prepare a three-column report that lists items and amounts for
(a) the company’s total expenses (including cost of goods sold)—in column 1,
(b) the expenses that would be eliminated by closing Department 200—in column 2, and
(c) the expenses that will continue—in column 3.
2. Prepare a forecasted annual income statement for the company reflecting the elimination of
Department 200 assuming that it will not affect Department 100’s sales and gross profit. The statement should reflect the reassignment of the office worker to one-half time as a salesclerk.
Analysis Component
3. Reconcile the company’s combined net income with the forecasted net income assuming that
Department 200 is eliminated (list both items and amounts). Analyze the reconciliation and explain why you think the department should or should not be eliminated.
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ELEGANT DECOR COMPANY Departmental Income Statements For Year Ended December 31, 2015 Dept. 100 Dept. 200 Combined Sales ... $436,000 $290,000 $726,000 207,000 83,000 469,000 Cost of goods sold Gross profit.. Operating expenses 262,000 174,000 257,000 ..... Direct expenses Advertising.... Store supplies used Depreciation-Store equipment. Total direct expenses Allocated expenses 17,000 12,000 29,000 4,000 3,800 7,800 5,000 3,300 8,300 26,000 19,100 45,100 Sales salaries 65,000 39,000 104,000 Rent expense .. Bad debts expense 9,440 4,720 14,160 9,900 8,100 18,000 Office salary 18,720 12,480 31,200 Insurance expense 2,000 1,100 3,100 Miscellaneous office expenses Total allocated expenses 2,400 1,600 4,000 107,460 67,000 174,460 Total expenses.. Net income (loss) 133,460 86, 100 $ (3, 100) 219,560 $ 40,540 $ 37,440
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