Midtown Retail operates a retail store in Kansas City, MO., and St. Louis, MO. The following information relates to the Kansas City facility: · The store sold 65,000 units at $18.00 each, after having purchased the units from various suppliers for $12.50. Kansas City salespeople are paid a 5% commission based on gross sales dollars.· Kansas City's sales manager oversees the placement of local advertising contracts, which totaled $54,000 for the year. Local property taxes amounted to $14,500.· The sales manager's $65,000 salary is set by Kansas City's store manager. In contrast, the store manager's $134,000 salary is determined by Midtown's vice president.· Kansas City incurred $6,800 of other noncontrollable costs.· Nontraceable (common) corporate overhead totaled $68,000.Midtown's

corporate headquarters is located in St. Louis, and the company uses responsibility accounting to evaluate performance.Required: Prepare a segmented income statement for the Kansas City store, being sure to disclose the segment contribution margin, the segment controllable profit margin, and segment profit margin.

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Sales Revenue (65,000 units × $18)?$1,170,000
Less Variable costs:??
  Cost of Goods sold (65,000 units × $12.50)$812,500?
  Sales commissions ($1,170,000 × 5%)58,500871,000
Segment contribution margin?$299,000
Less traceable, controllable fixed costs:??
  Local advertising$54,000?
  Sales manager's salary65,000119,000
Controllable profit margin?$180,000
Less Traceable, uncontrollable fixed costs:??
  Local property taxes$14,500?
  Store manager's salary134,000?
  Other6,800155,300
Segment profit margin?$24,700
The Nontraceable costs are ignored.

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