The Northeast Regional Division of Culver Corp. has been requested to prepare a quarterly budgeted income statement for $2022.$ The regional manager expects that sales in the first quarter of $2022$ will increase by $10\%$ over the same quarter of the preceding year and will then increase by $5\%$ for each succeeding quarter in $2022.$

The corporate head office has requested that the regional manager maintain an inventory in dollars equal to $25\%$ of the next quarter's sales. Quarterly purchases average $55\%$ of quarterly sales. Budgeted ending inventory on December $31,2021$ is $$180,000.$ Quarterly salaries are $$21,500$ plus $5\%$ of sales. All salaries are classified as sales salaries. Cher quarterly expenses are estimated to be as follows:

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