Sell Block prepares three types of simple tax returns: individual, partnerships, and (small) corporations. The...

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Sell Block prepares three types of simple tax returns: individual, partnerships, and (small) corporations. The tax returns have the following characteristics:

Individuals Partnerships Corporations
Price charged per tax return $ 240 $ 1,250 $ 2,150
Variable cost per tax return (including wage paid to tax preparer) $ 195 $ 1,150 $ 1,970
Expected tax returns prepared per year 64,000 8,000 8,000

The total fixed costs per year for the company are $582,400.

Required:

a. What is the anticipated level of profits for the expected sales volumes?

Anticipated profit: __________

b. Assuming that the product mix is the same at the break-even point, compute the break-even point.

Break-even point: __________

c. Suppose the product sales mix changes so that, for every ten tax returns prepared, six are for individuals, one is for a partnership, and three are for corporations. Now what is the break-even volume for Sell Block?

Break-even point: __________

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