Data concerning Ulwelling Corporation's single product appear below:       Per Unit Percent of Sales Selling price $170 100% Variable expenses   51  30% Contribution margin $119  70%   Fixed expenses are $753,000 per month. The company is currently selling 8,000 units per month.   Required:   The marketing manager would like to introduce sales commissions as an incentive for the sales staff. The marketing manager has proposed a commission of $11 per unit. In exchange, the sales staff would accept an overall decrease in their salaries of $73,000 per month. The marketing manager predicts that introducing this sales incentive would increase monthly sales by 300 units. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change? Show your work!

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Data concerning Ulwelling Corporation's single product appear below:

 

 

 

Per Unit

Percent of Sales

Selling price

$170

100%

Variable expenses

  51

 30%

Contribution margin

$119

 70%

 

Fixed expenses are $753,000 per month. The company is currently selling 8,000 units per month.

 

Required:

 

The marketing manager would like to introduce sales commissions as an incentive for the sales staff. The marketing manager has proposed a commission of $11 per unit. In exchange, the sales staff would accept an overall decrease in their salaries of $73,000 per month. The marketing manager predicts that introducing this sales incentive would increase monthly sales by 300 units. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change? Show your work!

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