Question

The management accountant for Martha’s Book Store has prepared the following income statement for the most current year.

Cookbook Travel Book Classics Total
Sales $60,000 $100,000 $40,000 $200,000
Cost of goods sold 36,000 65,000 20,000 121,000
Contribution margin 24,000 35,000 20,000 79,000
Order and delivery processing 18,000 21,000 8,000 47,000
Rent (per sq. foot used) 2,000 1,000 3,000 6,000
Allocated corporate costs 7,000 7,000 7,000 21,000
Corporate profit $ (3,000) $ 6,000 $ 2,000 $ 5,000
7. If the cookbook product line had been discontinued prior to this year, the company would have reported
a. greater corporate profits.
b. the same amount of corporate profits.
c. less corporate profits.
d. resulting profits cannot be determined.

Answer 1

c. less corporate profits.

Step-by-step explanation:

Subtract all the expenses from the revenue that are solely associated with Cookbook product line.

60000 - 36000 - 18000 - 2000 = 4000

This $4000 suggests that CookBook product line contributes profit of 4000 towards the company. So If the cookbook product line had been discontinued prior to this year, the company would have reported less corporate profits by $4000.