Accounting › Section W · Short-term decision making › Topic W.4
Keeping or dropping a segment
A product line or store that reports a loss looks like an obvious candidate for closure. Often it is not: much of that loss can come from shared costs that would simply move to the rest of the business if the segment closed.
In this topic
- When a segment reports a loss
- Traceable and common fixed costs
- Segment margin
- The decision rule
- Worked example: the garden department at Marchbank
- Allocation changes the picture, not the total
- Worked example: using the freed floor space
- Side effects and qualitative factors
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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