Question

Forchen, Inc., provided the following information for two of its divisions for last year:

Answer 1

Answer:

Forchen, Inc.

a. Residual income for the Small Appliances Division:

$2,218,880

b. Residual income for the Cleaning Products Division:

$788,800

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

                                                 Small Appliances     Cleaning Products

                                                         Division                    Division

Sales                                           $34,670,000              $31,320,000

Operating income                          2,773,600                  1,252,800

Operating assets, January 1         6,394,000                 5,600,000

Operating assets, December 31   7,474,000                 6,000,000

Average operating assets            6,934,000                 5,800,000

Rate of return (8%)                           554,720                    464,000

Residual income                            2,218,880                     788,800

b) The rate of return of 8% is computed on the average operating assets.  The residual income is the difference between the operating income and the minimum rate of return.