Bob Jones has worked in an upholstery shop for 10 years. Last year, Bobs wages were $20,000. Lately, Bob has been unhappy with the shops owner. Convinced that he could run an upholstery shop that did better work at a lower cost, Bob decided to go into business for himself and opened CLASSIC UPHOLSERTY SHOP.

To get the business going, Bob decided to invest heavily in advertising. He spent $6,000 on advertising aimed at consumers and another $2,000 on advertising aimed at getting work from interior decorators and interior design stores. Bob also purchased industrial sewing machines costing $4,000 and other tools and equipment costing $3,000. He estimated that the sewing machines can be used for about five years before maintenance costs will be too high and the machines will need to be replaced. The other tools and equipment are not as durable and will have to be replaced in three years.

At the end of the first year of business, Bob had received $80,000 in cash from customers for upholstery work. Bob was owed another $2,500 from customers who are not required to pay cash but are billed every 30 days.

A review of Bobs checkbook shows he paid the following expenses (in addition to those mentioned previously) during the first year of business:

Upholstery fabric $40,000

Other supplies 10,000

Wages-part-time assistant 9,500

Rent 4,800

Insurance (two-year policy) 3,200

Utilities 2,500

Miscellaneous expenses 1,700

Bobs utility bill for the last month of the year has not arrived. He estimated that the bill will be approximately $320.

Bob keeps some stock of upholstery fabric in popular colors on hand for customers who do not want to wait for special-order fabric to arrive. At the end of the year, about $14,000 of the fabric purchased during the year was in his store stock. In addition, $2,300 in supplies had not been used.

HOW MUCH PROFIT DID BOB MAKE IN HIS FIRST YEAR OF BUSINESS? DO YOU THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO OPEN THE UPHOLSTERY SHOP, OR WOULD BOB BE BETTER OFF WITH HIS OLD JOB?