Jackson County Senior Services is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing essential services to seniors who live in their ow homes within the Jackson County area. Three services are provided for seniors-home nursing, Meals On Wheels, and housekee Data on revenue and expenses for the past year follow: Revenues Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Depreciation Total Home Nursing $ 269,000 114,000 155,000 $ 926,000 468,000 458,000 69,900 43,200 115,100 185,200 413,400 $ 44,600 9,000 20,400 40,700 53,800 123,900 $ 31,100 Meals On Wheels $ 400,000 201,000 199,000 House- keeping $ 257,000 153,000 104,000 40,800 7,600 38,400 80,000 166,800 $ 32,200 $ (18,700) 20,100 15,200 36,000 51,400 122,700 Liability insurance. Program administrators' salaries General administrative overhead* Total fixed expenses Net operating income (loss) "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 $44,600 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. Based on the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program calculated in requirement Req 1A, 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?

Jackson County Senior Services is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing essential services to seniors who live in their ow homes within the Jackson County area. Three services are provided for seniors-home nursing, Meals On Wheels, and housekee Data on revenue and expenses for the past year follow: Revenues Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Depreciation Total Home Nursing $ 269,000 114,000 155,000 $ 926,000 468,000 458,000 69,900 43,200 115,100 185,200 413,400 $ 44,600 9,000 20,400 40,700 53,800 123,900 $ 31,100 Meals On Wheels $ 400,000 201,000 199,000 House- keeping $ 257,000 153,000 104,000 40,800 7,600 38,400 80,000 166,800 $ 32,200 $ (18,700) 20,100 15,200 36,000 51,400 122,700 Liability insurance. Program administrators' salaries General administrative overhead* Total fixed expenses Net operating income (loss) "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 $44,600 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. Based on the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program calculated in requirement Req 1A, 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?

SWFT Individual Income Taxes

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Chapter7: Deductions And Losses: Certain Business Expenses And Losses

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