Question

The management of Bonga Corporation is considering dropping product D74F. Data from the company's accounting system for this product for last year appear below: Sales $ 942,000 Variable expenses $ 415,000 Fixed manufacturing expenses $ 356,000 Fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 263,000 All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $217,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $128,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product D74F is discontinued. What would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) from dropping product D74F

Answer 1

Financial disadvantage from dropping = $(182,000)

Step-by-step explanation:

A product should be shut down if doing so would make the savings in fixed costs associated with the product to exceed the lost contribution. Other wise , the product should remain.

In a shut down decision , the following relevant cash flows should be considered:

1. Lost contribution from the product to be shut down

2. Savings in fixed directly attributable to the product under consideration.

So, we will apply these principles as follows:

Lost contribution from the product to be shut down:

(942,000-415,000) (527,000)

Savings from fixed direct fixed cost:

(217,000+128,000) 345,000

Net loss contribution (182,000)

Financial disadvantage from dropping = $(182,000)