Question

24. The Milham Corporation has two divisions—North and South. The divisions have the following revenues and expenses: North South Sales $540,000 $880,000 Variable costs $250,000 $550,000 Contribution Margin $290,000 $330,000 Traceable fixed costs $250,000 $80,000 Allocated common corporate costs $100,000 $50,000 Net operating income (loss) ($60,000) $200,000 Management at Milham is considering the elimination of the North Division. If the North Division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. Total common corporate costs would be unaffected. Given these data, the elimination of the North Division would result in an increase or decrease to net operating income of:

Answer 1

The elimination of the North division would result in an increase to net operating income of $100,000 for the South division.

Step-by-step explanation:

Please see computation of the company's overall net profit

= South sales - South variable costs - South traceable fixed costs - South allocated common corporate cost - North allocated common corporate cost

= $880,000 - $550,000 - $80,000 - $50,000 - $100,000

= $100,000 profit.

N.B

Since the North division has been eliminated, all the items for North division would all be ignored except its allocated common corporate cost.