Forchen, Inc., provided the following information for two of its divisions for last year: Small Appliances Division Cleaning Products 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

Forchen, Inc., requires an 8 percent minimum rate of return.

Required:
a. Calculate residual income for the Small Appliances Division.
b. Calculate residual income for the Cleaning Products Division.

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.

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