Suresh Co. expects its five departments to yield the following income for next year. ...

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Suresh Co. expects its five departments to yield the following income for next year.

Dept. M Dept. N Dept. O Dept. P Dept. T Total
Sales $ 73,000 $ 39,000 $ 66,000 $ 48,000 $ 34,000 $ 260,000
Expenses
Avoidable 12,800 40,000 24,200 17,000 43,200 $ 137,200
Unavoidable 54,200 16,200 4,800 37,000 14,000 $ 126,200
Total expenses 67,000 56,200 29,000 54,000 57,200 263,400
Net income (loss) $ 6,000 $ (17,200 ) $ 37,000 $ (6,000 ) $ (23,200 ) $ (3,400 )

Recompute and prepare the departmental income statements (including a combined total column) for the company under each of the following separate scenarios.

Exercise 23-10 Part 1

(1) Management eliminates departments with expected net losses.

(2) Management eliminates departments with sales dollars that are less than avoidable expenses.

DEPARTMENTS WITH EXPECTED NET LOSSES ELIMINATED
Dept. M Dept. N Dept. O Dept. P Dept. T Total
Sales
Expenses:
Avoidable
Unavoidable
Total expenses
Net income (loss)

DEPARTMENTS WITH LESS SALES THAN AVOIDABLE EXPENSES ELIMINATED
Dept. M Dept. N Dept. O Dept. P Dept. T Total
Sales $0
Expenses:
Avoidable 0
Unavoidable 0
Total expenses
Net income (loss) $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

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