Refer to the AccuTax Incorporated exhibit One of the partners is planning to retire at the end of the year. May Higgins, the sole remaining partner, plans to add a manager at an annual salary of $92,160. She expects the manager to work, on average, 45 hours a week for 45 weeks per year. She plans to change the required staff time for each hour spent to complete a tax return to the following:

	Business Return		Complex Individual Return		Simple Individual Return
Partner	0.4	hour	0.07	hour
Manager	0.1	hour	0.13	hour
Senior consultant	0.5	hour	0.40	hour	0.2	hour
Consultant			0.40	hour	0.8	hour

The manager is salaried and earns no overtime pay. Senior consultants are salaried but receive time and a half for any overtime worked. The firm plans to keep all the senior consultants and adjust the number of consultants as needed including employing part-time consultants, who also are paid on an hourly basis. Higgins has also decided to have five supporting staff at $55,000 each. All other operating data remain unchanged. The manager will share 6% of any profit over $460,000 before bonus.

Required:

1. What are the budgeted total cost for overtime hours worked by senior consultants?

2. How many full-time consultants should be budgeted?

3. Determine the managers total compensation and total pretax operating income for the firm, assuming that the revenues from preparing tax returns remain unchanged.

What are the budgeted total cost for overtime hours worked by senior consultants?

How many full-time consultants should be budgeted? (Round down your answer to nearest whole number.)

x Accu Tax Inc. Budgeted Operating Income For the Year ended December 31, 2022 Revenue $ 3,840,000 Payroll expenses: Partner $ 250,000 Manager 91,800 X Senior consultants-base pay 720,000 Senior consultants-pay for overtime hours 0 Consultants-Full-time 960,000 ConsultantsPart-time 970,000 Support staff 245,000 $ 3,236,800 General and administrative expenses 377,680 Operating income before bonus to manager $ 225,520 Less: Manager's bonus 97,373 Operating income before taxes $ 128, 147 Total compensation for the manager: Salary $ 91,800 x Bonus 97,373 Total $ 189,173