Visionary Game Company sells 600,000 units per year of a particular video game cartridge at $12 each. The current unit cost of the game is broken down as follows:

Direct materials	$	3.00
Direct labor		1.00
Variable factory overhead		3.50
Fixed factory overhead		1.50
Total	$	9.00

At the beginning of the current year, Visionary received a special order for 10,000 of these game cartridges per month, for one year only, at a sales price of $8 per unit. To fill the order, Visionary will have to rent additional assembly space at a cost of $12,000 ($1,000 per month).

Compute the estimated increase or decrease in annual operating income that will result from accepting this special order. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

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