Refer to the original data. rather than purchase new equipment, the marketing manager argues that the company’s marketing strategy should be changed. rather than pay sales commissions, which are currently included in variable expenses, the company would pay salespersons fixed salaries and would invest heavily in advertising. the marketing manager claims this new approach would increase unit sales by 30% without any change in selling price; the company’s new monthly fixed expenses would be $504,028; and its net operating income would increase by 20%. compute the company's break-even point in dollar sales under the new marketing strategy. (do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Amachine purchased three years ago for $720,000 has a current book value using straight-line depreciation of $400,000: its operating expenses are $60,000 per year. a replacement machine would cost $480,000, have a useful life of nine years, and would require $26,000 per year in operating expenses. it has an expected salvage value of $130,000 after nine years. the current disposal value of the old machine is $170,000: if it is kept 9 more years, its residual value would be $20,000. calculate the total costs in keeping the old machine and purchase a new machine. should the old machine be replaced?

During january 2018, the following transactions occur: january 1 purchase equipment for $20,600. the company estimates a residual value of $2,600 and a five-year service life. january 4 pay cash on accounts payable, $10,600. january 8 purchase additional inventory on account, $93,900. january 15 receive cash on accounts receivable, $23,100 january 19 pay cash for salaries, $30,900. january 28 pay cash for january utilities, $17,600. january 30 firework sales for january total $231,000. all of these sales are on account. the cost of the units sold is $120,500. the following information is available on january 31, 2018. depreciation on the equipment for the month of january is calculated using the straight-line method. the company estimates future uncollectible accounts. at the end of january, considering the total ending balance of the accounts receivable account as shown on the general ledger tab, $4,100 is now past due (older than 90 days), while the remainder of the balance is current (less than 90 days old). the company estimates that 50% of the past due balance will be uncollectible and only 3% of the current balance will become uncollectible. record the estimated bad debt expense. accrued interest revenue on notes receivable for january. unpaid salaries at the end of january are $33,700. accrued income taxes at the end of january are $10,100

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer