Suresh Co. expects its five departments to yield the following income for next year. Dept. MDept. NDept. ODept. PDept. TTotal Sales $82,000 $44,000 $78,000 $65,000 $43,000 $312,000 Expenses Avoidable 17,300 45,400 18,000 21,500 51,300 153,500 Unavoidable 57,800 21,600 5,700 54,300 20,300 159,700 Total expenses 75,100 67,000 23,700 75,800 71,600 313,200 Net income (loss) $6,900 $(23,000) $54,300 $(10,800) $(28,600) $(1,200) Recompute and prepare the departmental income statements (including a combined total column) for the company under each of the following separate scenarios
(1) Management eliminates departments with expected net losses.
DEPARTMENTS WITH EXPECTED NET LOSSES ELIMINATED
Dept. M Dept. N Dept. O Dept. P Dept. T Total
Sales
Expenses:
Avoidable
Unavoidable
Total expenses
Net income (loss) $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
(2) Management eliminates departments with sales dollars that are less than avoidable expenses.
DEPARTMENTS WITH LESS SALES THAN AVOIDABLE EXPENSES ELIMINATED
Dept. M Dept. N Dept. O Dept. P Dept. T Total
Sales
Expenses:
Avoidable
Unavoidable
Total expenses
Net income (loss) $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0