Refer to theAccuTax Inc. (bottom picture)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 $91,800. 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 tax return to the following:

\fAs an example. AccuTax Inc. provides tax services to small firms and individuals. It expects to have the following revenues from preparing tax returns for the year ended December 31. 2019: Tax returns for business firms $1,000,000 Individual tax returns: Simple returns $ 1,640,000 Complex returns 1.200,000 2.840.000 Total revenues $3,840,000 The firm has 2 partners, 8 senior consultants, and 20 consultants. On average, a partner works 50 hours a week and is paid $250,000 a year. Both senior consultants and consultants are expected to work 40 hours a week and are paid, respectively, $90,000 and $60,000 a year. The annual compensation for supporting staff is $40,000 per full-time equivalent. The number of supporting staff varies with the size of the firm. In general, one supporting staff person is needed for every 2 partners, one for every 4 senior consultants, and one for every 10 consultants. After allowing for vacation. sickness, and continuing education days, the weeks per year available to work with clients are 40 weeks for each partner, 45 weeks for each senior consultant. and 48 weeks for each consultant. All partners and senior consultants are full-time professional staff members. The firm estimates the following required proportions of professional staff times for each hour spent to complete each of the three different classifi- cations of tax returns: Business Return Simple Individual Complex Individual Partner 40% 10% Senior consultant 60% 10% 40% Consultant 90% 50% General and administrative expenses are estimated as $150,000 per year, plus 10% of the total payroll. The firm charges $250 per hour for business returns. $100 per hour for individ- ual returns with complicated tax matters, and $50 per hour for simple individual tax returns. The budgeted revenues and the total hours for each of the returns for the coming year are as follows: Budgeted Revenue Hourly Charge Rate Required Hours Business returns $1,000,000 # $ 250 4,000 Individual returns: Simple returns 1.640,000 50 32,800 Complex returns 1.200,000 100 12.000 Total $3.840.000 48.800 The following table shows the professional staff requirements for the budgeted revenue: Total Hours Partner Senior Consultant Consultant Business returns 4,000 1.600 2,400 Complex Individual returns 12,000 1.200 4.800 6.000 Simple Individual returns 32.800 3,280 29.520 Total hours 48.800 2.800 10.480 35,520 Hours per week (given) 50 40 40 Equivalent number of work weeks 56 262 888 Weeks per year/professional staff (given) 40 45 48 Number of professional staff members needed 1.4 5.8 18.5 The budget shows that AccuTax has sufficient professional staff to support the expected activity. Assuming AccuTax plans no change in personnel and maintains the same staff level. its budgeted operating income will be $808.000. as shown in Exhibit 10.18. EXHIBIT 10.18 Budgeted Operating Income ACCUTAX INC. with No Change in Staffing Budgeted Operating Income For the Year Ended December 31, 2019 Revenue $3.840.000 Payroll expenses: Partners 2 x $250,000= $ 500,000 Senior consultants 8 x $ 90,000 = 720,000 Consultants 20 x $ 60,000 = 1.200,000 Supporting staff 5* x $ 40,000 = 200,000 2,620.000 General and administrative $150,000 + (10% x $2,620,000) = 412,000 expenses Operating Income $ 808,000 *5=(22) + (04) + (20/10)= 1 +2+ 2