Ecru Company has identified five industry segments: plastics, metals, lumber, paper, and finance.   It appropriately consolidated each of these segments in producing its annual financial statements. Information describing each segment (in thousands) follows: (see screen shot) Ecru does not allocate its $1,480,000 in common expenses to the various segments.   Perform testing procedures to determine Ecru’s reportable operating segments.   Revenue test: Profit or loss test: Asset test:

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Ecru Company has identified five industry segments: plastics, metals, lumber, paper, and finance.

 

It appropriately consolidated each of these segments in producing its annual financial statements. Information describing each segment (in thousands) follows:

(see screen shot)

Ecru does not allocate its $1,480,000 in common expenses to the various segments.

 

Perform testing procedures to determine Ecru’s reportable operating segments.

 

  1. Revenue test:

  2. Profit or loss test:

  3. Asset test:

 

A
Sales to outside parties
Intersegment transfers
Interest income from outside parties
Interest income from intersegment loans
Operating expenses
Interest expense
Tangible assets
Intangible assets
Intersegment loans (debt)
B
Plastics
6,625
146
0
0
4,174
74
1,467
85
0
C
Metals
2,334
169
32
0
1,742
29
3,176
399
0
D
Lumber
701
134
19
0
1,046
64
504
0
0
E
Paper
412
146
0
0
644
30
751
61
0
F
Finance
0
0
40
197
29
100
169
0
702
G
Transcribed Image Text:A Sales to outside parties Intersegment transfers Interest income from outside parties Interest income from intersegment loans Operating expenses Interest expense Tangible assets Intangible assets Intersegment loans (debt) B Plastics 6,625 146 0 0 4,174 74 1,467 85 0 C Metals 2,334 169 32 0 1,742 29 3,176 399 0 D Lumber 701 134 19 0 1,046 64 504 0 0 E Paper 412 146 0 0 644 30 751 61 0 F Finance 0 0 40 197 29 100 169 0 702 G
Segment
Plastics
Metals
Lumber
Paper
Finance
Total
Revenues
Percentage
%
%
%
%
%
%
Reported or Not
Reported
Transcribed Image Text:Segment Plastics Metals Lumber Paper Finance Total Revenues Percentage % % % % % % Reported or Not Reported
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