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Maxley Markets Company sells logo sports merchandise and does custom embroidery.

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Question

Maxley Markets Company sells logo sports merchandise and does custom embroidery. It is trying to decide whether or not to continue embroidery. The following information is available for the segments. Assume that all direct fixed costs could be avoided if a segment is dropped and that the total common fixed costs would remain unchanged if the embroidery was dropped.

Embroidery

Apparel Sales

Sales

$120,000

$420,000

Variable Costs

$90,000

$220,000

Contribution Margin

$30,000

$200,000

Direct Fixed Costs

$18,000

$70,000

Allocated Common Fixed Costs

$20,000

$70,000

Net Income

($ 8,000)

$ 60,000

            

                         

Embroidery

                         

Apparel Sales

                         

Sales

                         

$120,000

                         

$420,000

                         

Variable Costs

                         

$90,000

                         

$220,000

                         

Contribution Margin

                         

$30,000

                         

$200,000

                         

Direct Fixed Costs

                         

$18,000

                         

$70,000

                         

Allocated Common Fixed Costs

                         

$20,000

                         

$70,000

                         

Net Income

                         

($ 8,000)

                         

$ 60,000

            

Explanation / Answer

a.)If the Embroidery segment is dropped the contribution margin of $ 30,000

will be lost and only the direct fixed costs of $ 18,000 will be saved. There
will be a loss of $ 12,000 profit ($ 30,000