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You have been recruited by a former classmate, Susanna Wu, to join the finance team of a company that she founded recently. The company produces a unique product line of hypoallergenic cosmetics and relies for its success on an aggressive marketing program. The company is in a start-up phase and therefore has no significant history of expenses and revenues upon which to rely for budgeting and planning purposes. Given the restriction on available funds (most of the available capital has been used for new- product development and to recruit a management team), the control of costs, including marketing costs, is thought by the management team to be essential for the short-term viability of the company. You have held a number of intensive discussions with Susanna and John Thompson, director of marketing for the firm. They have asked you to prepare an estimated budget for marketing expenses for a month of operations. You are provided with the following data, which represent average actual monthly costs over the past three months: Cost Sales commissions Sales staff salaries Telephone and mailing Rental-office building Gas (utilities) Delivery charges Depreciation-office furniture Marketing consultants Amount $129,500 46,000 44,000 21,600 12,800 73,600 10,000 26,200 Your discussions with John and Susanna indicate the following assumptions and anticipated changes regarding monthly marketing expenses for the coming year: