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Jackson County Senior Services is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing essential services to seniors who live in their own homes within the Jackson County area. Three services are provided for seniors-home nursing, Meals On Wheels, and housekeeping. Data on revenue and expenses for the past year follow Total $ 919,000 473,000 446,000 Home Nursing 263.000 115,000 148.000 Meals On Wheels $ 406,000 200,000 206.000 House keeping 250.000 158,000 92.000 Revenues Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Depreciation Liability insurance Program administrators' salaries General administrative overhead Total Fixed expenses Net operating income (loss) 79,600 43,400 114,600 183,800 412,400 33.69 8,900 20,400 4,700 52.600 122.600 25.400 4 , 700 7,500 38,300 81.200 167,700 38, 300 21.000 15,500 35,600 se.ee 122,100 $(3e, 180) $ $ $ "Allocated on the basis of program revenues. The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last year's net operating income of $33,600 to be unsatisfactory, therefore, she is considering the possibility of discontinuing the housekeeping program. The depreciation in housekeeping is for a small van that is used to carry the housekeepers and their equipment from job to job. If the program were discontinued, the van would be donated to a charitable organization. None of the general administrative overhead would be avoided if the housekeeping program were dropped, but the liability insurance and the salary of the program administrator would be avoided. Required: 1-a. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program? 1-b. Should the Housekeeping program be discontinued? 2-a. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement 2-b. Would a segmented income statement format be more useful to management in assessing the long-run financial viability of the various services

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