Crossfire Company segments its business into two regions—East and West. The company prepared a contribution format segmented income statement as shown below:     Total Company East West Sales $ 915,000 $ 610,000 $ 305,000 Variable expenses 732,000 518,500 213,500 Contribution margin 183,000 91,500 91,500 Traceable fixed expenses 111,000 51,000 60,000 Segment margin 72,000 $ 40,500 $ 31,500 Common fixed expenses 60,000     Net operating income $ 12,000       Required: 1. Prepare a new segmented income statement based on the break-even dollar sales that you computed in requirements 2 and 3. What is Crossfire’s net operating income (loss) in your new segmented income statement? 2. Do you think that Crossfire should allocate its common fixed expenses to the East and West regions when computing the break-even points for each region?

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Crossfire Company segments its business into two regions—East and West. The company prepared a contribution format segmented income statement as shown below:

 

  Total Company East West
Sales $ 915,000 $ 610,000 $ 305,000
Variable expenses 732,000 518,500 213,500
Contribution margin 183,000 91,500 91,500
Traceable fixed expenses 111,000 51,000 60,000
Segment margin 72,000 $ 40,500 $ 31,500
Common fixed expenses 60,000    
Net operating income $ 12,000    

 

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1. Prepare a new segmented income statement based on the break-even dollar sales that you computed in requirements 2 and 3. What is Crossfire’s net operating income (loss) in your new segmented income statement?

2. Do you think that Crossfire should allocate its common fixed expenses to the East and West regions when computing the break-even points for each region?

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