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Make-or-Buy Decision for a Service Company The Theater Arts Guild of Dallas (TAG-D) employs five people in its Publication Department. These people lay out pages for pamphlets, brochures, magazines, and other publications for the TAG-D productions. The pages are delivered to an outside company for printing. The company is considering an outside publication service for the layout work. The outside service is quoting a price of $13 per layout page. The budget for the Publication Department for the current year is as follows: Salaries $145,900 Benefits 33,200 Supplies 17,700 Office expenses 22,100 Office depreciation 19,900 Computer depreciation 13,300 Total $252,100 The department expects to lay out 17,000 pages for the current year. The Publication Department office space and equipment would be used for future administrative needs, if the department's function were purchased from the outside a. Prepare a differential analysis dated February 22 to determine whether TAG-D should layout pages internally (Alternative 1) of purchase layout services from the outside (Alternative 2). If an amount is zero, enter "o". For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers us a minus sign Differential Analysis Lay out Pages Internally (Alt. 1) or Purchase Layout Services (Alt. 2) February 22 samtal a. Prepare a differential analysis dated February 22 to determine whether TAG-D should layout pages Internally (Alternative 1) or purchase layout services from the outside (Alternative 2). If an amount is zero, enter "0". For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign Differential Analysis Lay out Pages Internally (Alt. 1) or Purchase Layout Services (Alt. 2) February 22 Lay out Purchase Differential Pages Lay out Effect Internally Services (Alternative 1) (Alternative 2) (Alternative 2) Sales price Costs: Purchase price of lay out work Salaries Benefits on Income 11111 Supplies Office expenses Office depreciation Computer depreciation Income (loss)