The company is currently selling 4,000 units per month. Fixed expenses are $166,000 per
month. Consider each of the following questions independently.
This question is to be considered independently of all other questions relating to
Marchman Corporation. Refer to the original data when answering this question.
The marketing manager would like to introduce sales commissions as an incentive for the
sales staff. The marketing manager has proposed a commission of $8 per unit. In
exchange, the sales staff would accept a decrease in their salaries of $27,000 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 100 units. What
should be the overall effect on the company’s monthly net operating income of this
change?