James company is paid $6,000 in dividends from mark corp. on its equity investment. james lacks significant influence over mark
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Answer:
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Comparative Statement is made in the MS Excel File which is attached with this answer, Please find it.
Explanation:
a.
All the items except the president salary are relevant to the segment A, because these costs are particularly for incurred for Seg. A. A a single unit the Segment A is making the profit of $11,000. Allocation of president salary is the major reason for the loss.
b.
Keeping Segment A makes is a more profitable decision than Eliminating the segment A. because share of president salary associated with segment A is allocated to other segments and Segment A was contributing $11,000 in the president salary at break-even. This contribution is lost when we Eliminate the Segment A.
