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 $19 per layout page. The budget for the Publication Department for the current year is as follows: Salaries $288,400 Benefits 65,600 Supplies 35,000 Office expenses 43,700 Office depreciation 39,300 Computer depreciation 26,200 $498,200 Total The department expects to lay out 23,000 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) 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 Pages Internally Differential Purchase Lay out Services (Alternative 1) (Alternative 2) (Alternative 2) Effect on Income Sales price Costs: $ Purchase price of lay out work $ Salaries Benefits Supplies Office expenses Office depreciation Computer depreciation Income (loss) b. The benefit from using an outside service is shown to be than performing the layout work internally. The fixed costs (depreciation expenses) in the budget are to the decision. Thus, the work should purchased from the outside on a strictly financial basis. of the decision. c. Before electing to the five employees, the Guild should consider the