Bilkins Financial Advisors provides accounting and finance assistance to customers in the retail business. Bilkins has four professionals on staff, plus an office with six clerical staff. Total compensation, including benefits, for the professional staff runs about $754,000 per year, and it normally has about 8,000 billable hours per year. Professional staff keeps detailed time sheets organized by client number. The total office and administrative costs for the year is $576,000.

Bilkins allocates professional time and office and administrative costs to clients monthly, using allocation rates based on billable hours. During July, Bilkins' professionals spent 36 hours on their client, Soupy Sales. Bilkins adds a 25% markup on their costs to calculate the amount billed to the customer. How much should the company charge Soupy Sales for the month of July?

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