Lionel Corporation manufactures pharmaceutical products sold through a network of sales agents in the United States and Canada. The agents are currently paid an 18% commission on sales; that percentage was used when Lionel prepared the following budgeted income statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019:

Lionel Corporation
Budgeted Income Statement
For the Year Ending June 30, 2019
($000 omitted)
Sales				$	29,400
Cost of goods sold
Variable	$	13,230
Fixed		3,528			16,758
Gross profit				$	12,642
Selling and administrative costs
Commissions	$	5,292
Fixed advertising cost		882
Fixed administrative cost		2,352			8,526
Operating income				$	4,116
Fixed interest cost					735
Income before income taxes				$	3,381
Income taxes (30%)					1,014
Net income				$	2,367

Since the completion of the income statement, Lionel has learned that its sales agents are requiring a 5% increase in their commission rate (to 23%) for the upcoming year. As a result, Lionels president has decided to investigate the possibility of hiring its own sales staff in place of the network of sales agents and has asked Alan Chen, Lionels controller, to gather information on the costs associated with this change.

Alan estimates that Lionel must hire eight salespeople to cover the current market area, at an average annual payroll cost for each employee of $80,000, including fringe benefits expense. Travel and entertainment expenses is expected to total $690,000 for the year, and the annual cost of hiring a sales manager and sales secretary will be $195,000. In addition to their salaries, the eight salespeople will each earn commissions at the rate of 10% of sales. The president believes that Lionel also should increase its advertising budget by $590,000 if the eight salespeople are hired.

Required

1. Determine Lionels breakeven point (operating profit = 0) in sales dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, if the company hires its own sales force and increases its advertising costs. Prove this by constructing a contribution income statement.

Breakeven point (in sales dollars)
Contribution Income Statement
Variable costs:
Fixed costs:

2. If Lionel continues to sell through its network of sales agents and pays the higher commission rate, determine the estimated volume in sales dollars that would be required to generate the operating profit as projected in the budgeted income statement.

Estimated volume (in sales dollars)