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Chapter 25, Problem 4SE
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Provide reasons under each circumstance whether Company E must drop any of the departments.
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Fashions operates three departments: Men's, Women's, and Accessories. Departmental operating income data for the third quarter of
2024
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If
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Fashions drops a department, it will not incur these fixed costs. Under these circumstances, should
Sheila
Fashions drop any of the departments? Give your reasoning.
Begin by completing the following analysis to determine the increase or decrease in operating income from dropping the Accessories Department, the only Department showing an operating loss this quarter. (Enter decreases to profits with a parentheses or minus sign.)
Sheila Fashions
Analysis of Dropping the Accessories Department
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Expected decrease in variable costs
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Making dropping a product or segment decisions
Edna Fashions operates three departments: Men’s, Women’s and Accessories Depart mental operating income data for the third quarter of 2018 are as follows:
Assume that the fixed costs assigned to each department include only direct fixed costs of the department:
• Salary of the department’s manager
• Cost of advertising directly related to that department
If Edna Fashions drops a department, it will not incur these fixed costs Under these circumstances, should Edna Fashions drop any of the departments? Give your reasoning
The division manager of Division B received the following operating income data for the past year:
The manager of the division is surprised that the T205 product line is not profitable. The division accountant estimates that dropping the T205 product line will decrease fixed cost of goods sold by $75,000 and decrease fixed selling and administrative expenses by $10,000.
Prepare a differential analysis to show whether Division B should drop the T205 product line.
What is your recommendation to the manager of Division B?
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EP FINANCIAL+MANAGERIAL ACCT. >CUSTOM<
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