XYZ Corporation Has Eight Industry Segments with Sales, Operating Profit

question 36

Essay

XYZ Corporation has eight industry segments with sales, operating profit and loss, and identifiable assets at and for the year ended December 31, 2017, as follows: Required:
A. Identify the segments, which are reportable segments under one or more of the 10 percent revenue, operating profit, or assets tests.
B. After reportable segments are determined under the 10 percent tests, they must be reevaluated under a 75 percent revenue test before a final determination of reportable segments can be made. Under this 75 percent test, identify if any other segments may have to be reported.

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Definitions:

Journal Entry

A record of a business transaction in the accounting journal that shows the accounts and amounts debited and credited.

Merchandise Inventory

Goods a business has acquired to sell to customers but has not yet sold.

Cash Equivalent

Short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.

Certificate of Deposit

A savings certificate issued by a bank to a person depositing money for a specified length of time, typically earning a fixed interest rate.