Home Furnishings, Inc., is a nationwide retailer of home furnishings. It is organized into two divisions, Kitchen Products and Bath Products. Selected information on performance for year 2 follows:

a. Compute after tax divisional income for the two divisions.

The tax rate is 35 percent. Comment on the results.

b. Using the information from requirement (a), assess the relative performance of the two division managers at Home Furnishings, Inc.

 

Kitchen

Bath

 

($000)

Revenue

$10,000

$5,000

Cost of sales

5,400

3,000

Allocated corporate overhead

460

200

Local advertising

2,000

500

Other general and admin

500

260