Express Delivery Company (EDC) is considering outsourcing its Payroll Department to a payroll processing company for an annual fee of $220,800. An internally prepared report summarizes tExpress Delivery Company (EDC) is considering outsourcing its Payroll Department to a payroll processing company for an annual fee of $220,800. An internally prepared report summarizes the Payroll Department's annual operating costs as follows:

Supplies	$ 30,800
Payroll clerks' salaries	120,800
Payroll supervisor's salary	58,800
Payroll employee training expenses	10,800
Depreciation of equipment	20,800
Allocated share of common building operating costs	15,800
Allocated share of common administrative overhead	28,800
Total annual operating cost	$ 286,600

EDC currently rents overflow office space for $36,800 per year. If the company closes its Payroll Department, the employees occupying the rented office space could be brought in-house and the lease agreement on the rented space could be terminated with no penalty.

If the Payroll Department is outsourced the payroll clerks will not be retained; however, the supervisor would be transferred to the company's Human Resource Management Department. Asa result of this transfer, the company would discontinue its efforts to hire a new Human Resource Manager for whom it expected to pay an annual salary of $56,800.

The Payroll Department's equipment would be transferred to other departments within the company to replace outdated equipment that would be recycled for zero salvage value.