Millard Corporation is a wholesale distributor of office products. It purchases office products from manufacturers and distributesthem in the West, Central, and East regions. Each of these regions is about the same size and each has its own manager and salesstaff.The company has been experiencing losses for many months. In an effort to improve performance, management has requestedthat the monthly income statement be segmented by sales region. The company's first effort at preparing a segmented incomestatement for May is given below.SalesRegional expenses (traceable):Cost of goods soldAdvertisingSalariesUtilitiesDepreciationShipping expenseTotal regional expensesRegional income (loss) before corporate expensesCorporate expenses:Advertising (general)General administrative expenseTotal corporate expensesNet operating income (loss)Variable expenses:Total variable expensesTraceable fixed expenses:Total traceable fixed expensesCommon fixed expenses:Total common fixed expenseNet operating income (loss)Total CompanyAmountWest$ 311,000%93,000107,00058,0009,00021,00017,000305,0006,00016,00021,00037,000$(31,0The cost of goods sold and shipping expense are both variable. All other costs are fixed.Required:3. Prepare a new contribution format segmented income statement for May. (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place.)WestSales RegionCentral$ 801,000Amount244,000239,00055,00016,40033,00032,000619,400181,60038,00021,00059,000$ 122,600East$ 699,000%317,000242,000106,00013,90029,00044,000751,900(52,900)32,00021,00053,000$ (105CentralAmount%AmountEast%

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The cost of goods sold and shipping expense are both variable. All other costs are fixed. Required: 3. Prepare a new contribution format segmented income statement for May. (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place.) Total Company Amount % West Amount % Central Amount % Amount East %

The cost of goods sold and shipping expense are both variable. All other costs are fixed. Required: 3. Prepare a new contribution format segmented income statement for May. (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place.) Total Company Amount % West Amount % Central Amount % Amount East %

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Millard Corporation is a wholesale distributor of office products. It purchases office products from manufacturers and distributes them in the West, Central, and East regions. Each of these regions is about the same size and each has its own manager and sales staff The company has been experiencing losses for many months. In an effort to improve performance, management has requested that the monthly income statement be segmented by sales region. The company's first effort at preparing a segmented income statement for May is given below. Sales Regional expenses traceable): Cost of goods sold Advertising Salaries Utilities Depreciation Shipping expense Total regional expenses Regional income (less) before corporate expenses Corporate expenses Advertising (general) General administrative expense Mest $311,000 92,000 110,000 59,000 8.900 25,000 15,000 309,900 1.100 14,000 20,000 34,000 5 (32,900) Sales Region Central $800,000 245,000 245,000 59,000 15,500 33,000 28,000 hiso 2 East…
Millard Corporation is a wholesale distributor of office products. It purchases office products from manufacturers and distributes them in the West, Central, and East regions. Each of these regions is about the same size and each has its own manager and sales staff. The company has been experiencing losses for many months. In an effort to improve performance, management has requested that the monthly income statement be segmented by sales region. The company's first effort at preparing a segmented income statement for May is given below. Sales Regional expenses (traceable): Cost of goods sold Advertising Salaries Utilities Depreciation Shipping expense Total regional expenses Regional income (loss) before corporate expenses Corporate expenses: Advertising (general) General administrative expense Total corporate expenses Net operating income (loss) West $ 312,000 94,000 100,000 56,000 8,600 25,000 16,000 299,600 12,400 13,000 20,000 33,000 $ (20,600) Sales Region Central $ 796,000…
Millard Corporation is a wholesale distributor of office products. It purchases office products from manufacturers and distributes them in the West, Central, and East regions. Each of these regions is about the same size and each has its own manager and sales staff. The company has been experiencing losses for many months. In an effort to improve performance, management has requested that the monthly income statement be segmented by sales region. The company's first effort at preparing a segmented income statement for May is given below. Sales Regional expenses (traceable): Cost of goods sold Advertising Salaries Utilities Depreciation Shipping expense Total regional expenses Regional income (loss) before corporate expenses Corporate expenses: Advertising (general) General administrative expense Total corporate expenses Net operating income (loss) Variable expenses: Total variable expenses Traceable fixed expenses: Total traceable fixed expenses Common fixed expenses: Total common…
Millard Corporation is a wholesale distributor of office products. It purchases office products from manufacturers and distributes them in the West, Central, and East regions. Each of these regions is about the same size and each has its own manager and sales staff. The company has been experiencing losses for many months. In an effort to improve performance, management has requested that the monthly income statement be segmented by sales region. The company’s first effort at preparing a segmented income statement for May is given below. Sales Region West Central East Sales $ 311,000 $ 796,000 $ 703,000 Regional expenses (traceable): Cost of goods sold 94,000 240,000 312,000 Advertising 105,000 236,000 240,000 Salaries 54,000 54,000 107,000 Utilities 8,700 16,100 13,600 Depreciation 21,000 35,000 28,000 Shipping expense 17,000 31,000 36,000 Total regional expenses 299,700 612,100 736,600 Regional income (loss) before corporate expenses 11,300…
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Toxaway Company is a merchandiser that segments its business into two divisions—Commercial and Residential. The company’s accounting intern was asked to prepare segmented income statements that the company’s divisional managers could use to calculate their break-even points and make decisions. She took the prior month’s companywide income statement and prepared the absorption format segmented income statement shown below: Sales $ 750,000 $ 250,000 $ 500,000 Cost of goods sold 500,000 140,000 360,000 Gross margin 250,000 110,000 140,000 Selling and administrative expenses 240,000 104,000 136,000 Net operating income $ 10,000 $ 6,000 $ 4,000 ln preparing these statements, the intern determined that Toxaway’s only variable selling and administrative expense is a 10% sales commission on all sales. The company’s total fixed expenses include $72,000 of common fixed expenses that would continue to be incurred even if the…
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