Question

Suire Corporation is considering dropping product D14E. Data from the company's accounting system appear below: Sales $ 670,000 Variable expenses $ 295,000 Fixed manufacturing expenses $ 246,000 Fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 194,000 All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $196,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $111,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product D14E is discontinued. Required: a. According to the company's accounting system, what is the net operating income earned by product D14E? (Net losses should be indicated by a minus sign.) b. What would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of dropping product D14E? Should the product be dropped?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. According to the company's accounting system, what is the net operating income earned by product D14E? (Net losses should be indicated by a minus sign.)

• net loss -$65,000

b. What would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of dropping product D14E? Should the product be dropped?

• financial disadvantage of discontinuing the produce is -$68,000, so the company should not discontinue the product since its losses would increase

Explanation:

total sales $670,000

- variable expenses $295,000

- fixed manufacturing expenses $246,000

- fixed selling and administrative expenses $194,000

net loss = $65,000

if product D14E is discontinued, $196,000 + $111,000 = $307,000, of fixed expenses can be avoided, but $133,000 are not avoidable. if the company discontinues the product, its losses will increase by $133,000 - $65,000 = $68,000