. Lease or Sell Astro Company owns a equipment with a cost of $365,000 and accumulated depreciation of $52,200 that can be sold for $275,000, less a 4% sales commission. Alternatively, Astro Company can lease the equipment to another company for three years for a total of $285,800, at the end of which there is no residual value. In addition, the repair, insurance, and property tax expense that would be incurred by Astro Company on the equipment would total $16,300 over the three years.
1. Lease or Sell
Astro Company owns a equipment with a cost of $365,000 and accumulated depreciation of $52,200 that can be sold for $275,000, less a 4% sales commission. Alternatively, Astro Company can lease the equipment to another company for three years for a total of $285,800, at the end of which there is no residual value. In addition, the repair, insurance, and property tax expense that would be incurred by Astro Company on the equipment would total $16,300 over the three years.
2. Discontinue a Segment
Product T has revenue of $195,400, variable cost of goods sold of $116,100, variable selling expenses of $33,900, and fixed costs of $58,500, creating a loss from operations of $13,100.
Prepare a differential analysis as of May 9, to determine whether Product T should be continued (Alternative 1) or discontinued (Alternative 2), assuming fixed costs are unaffected by the decision. If an amount is zero, enter "0". For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign.
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