Hartung Corporation Produces and Sells a Single Product

question 80

Multiple Choice

Hartung Corporation produces and sells a single product. Data concerning that product appear below: Fixed expenses are $147,000 per month. The company is currently selling 2,000 units per month. The marketing manager would like to introduce sales commissions as an incentive for the sales staff. The marketing manager has proposed a commission of $13 per unit. In exchange, the sales staff would accept a decrease in their salaries of $22,000 per month. (This is the company's savings for the entire sales staff.) The marketing manager predicts that introducing this sales incentive would increase monthly sales by 400 units. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?

• A)increase of $16,800
• B)increase of $226,000
• C)increase of $30,000
• D)decrease of $14,000

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Definitions:

Fixed Asset Account

An account on the balance sheet that reports the cost and accumulated depreciation of long-term tangible assets used in the operations of a business.

Accumulated Depreciation

The cumulative depreciation of an asset up to a single point in its life, reflecting its decrease in value over time.

Debit

A bookkeeping entry that boosts an asset or expense account, or reduces a liability or equity account.

Tangible Asset

Physical assets or property owned by a person or company, such as buildings, machinery, and vehicles.