Question

Merline Manufacturing makes its product for $65 per unit and sells it for $137 per unit. The sales staff receives a 10% commission on the sale of each unit. Its December income statement follows.

MERLINE MANUFACTURING Income Statement For Month Ended December 31, 2017
Sales	$	1,370,000
Cost of goods sold		650,000
Gross profit		720,000
Operating expenses
Sales commissions (10%)		137,000
Advertising		214,000
Store rent		24,700
Administrative salaries		43,500
Depreciation—Office equipment		53,500
Other expenses		12,700
Total expenses		485,400
Net income	$	234,600

Management expects December’s results to be repeated in January, February, and March of 2018 without any changes in strategy. Management, however, has an alternative plan. It believes that unit sales will increase at a rate of 10% each month for the next three months (beginning with January) if the item's selling price is reduced to $122 per unit and advertising expenses are increased by 15% and remain at that level for all three months. The cost of its product will remain at $65 per unit, the sales staff will continue to earn a 10% commission, and the remaining expenses will stay the same.

Required:
Prepare budgeted income statements for each of the months of January, February, and March that show the expected results from implementing the proposed changes. (Enter your final answers in whole dollars.)

MERLINE MANUFACTURING
Budgeted Sales
For Months of January, February, and March, 2018
	January	February	March
Budgeted sales (dollars) Budgeted sales (in units)
Budgeted sales (in units) Budgeted selling price per unit
Budgeted sales (in dollars)
MERLINE MANUFACTURING
Budgeted Income Statement
For Months of January, February, and March, 2018
	January	February	March
Accounts payable Accounts receivable Accumulated depreciation Administrative salaries expense
Accounts payable Accounts receivable Accumulated depreciation Administrative salaries expense Advertising expense
Gross profit Gross loss
Expenses
Sales commissions
Advertising
Store rent
Administrative salaries
Depreciation—Office equipment
Other expenses
Total expenses
Net income Net loss	$	$	$

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