Meier Manufacturing carries no inventories. Its product is manufactured only when a customer’s order is received. It is then shipped immediately after it is made. For its fiscal year ended October 31, 2011, Meier’s break-even point was $2.2 million. On sales of $1.9 million, its income statement showed a gross profit of $300,000, direct materials cost of $600,000, and direct labor costs of $700,000. The contribution margin was $150,000, and variable manufacturing overhead was $200,000.

Instructions
(a) Calculate the following:
1. Variable selling and administrative expenses.
2. Fixed manufacturing overhead.
3. Fixed selling and administrative expenses.
(b) Ignoring your answer to part (a), assume that fixed manufacturing overhead was $100,000 and the fixed selling and administrative expenses were $80,000. The marketing vice president feels that if the company increased its advertising, sales could be increased by 20%. What is the maximum increased advertising cost the company can incur and still report the same income as before the advertising expenditure?
(CGA adapted)