Curtis Salter, the president of Kasimer Computer Services, needs your help. He wonders about the potential effects on the firm’s net income if he changes the service rate that the firm charges its customers. The following basic data pertain to fiscal year 2015.

Standard rate and variable costs

Service rate per hour ............. $75.00

Labor cost ................. 40.00

Overhead cost .............. 7.20

Selling, general, and administrative cost ..... 4.30

Expected fixed costs

Facility maintenance ............$400,000

Selling, general, and administrative ...... 150,000

Required

a. Prepare the pro forma income statement that would appear in the master budget if the firm expects to provide 30,000 hours of services in 2015.

b. A marketing consultant suggests to Mr. Salter that the service rate may affect the number of service hours that the firm can achieve. According to the consultant’s analysis, if Kasimer charges customers $70 per hour, the firm can achieve 38,000 hours of services. Prepare a flexible budget using the consultant’s assumption.

c. The same consultant also suggests that if the firm raises its rate to $80 per hour, the number of service hours will decline to 25,000. Prepare a flexible budget using the new assumption.

d. Evaluate the three possible outcomes you determined in Requirements a, b, and c and recommend a pricing strategy.