Green Earth Landscaping Company provides monthly and weekly landscaping and maintenance services to residential customers in the tri-city area. Green Earth has no variable administrative expense. Fixed administrative expenses for June, July, and August include: Salaries $9,500 Insurance 2,200 Depreciation 3,500 Accounting services 600 Required: Question Content Area 1. Construct an administrative expense budget for Green Earth Landscaping Company for the three summer months. Show total amounts by month and in total for the three-month period. Green Earth Landscaping CompanyAdministrative Expense BudgetFor the Summer Months June July August Total Salaries $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_1 $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_2 $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_3 $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_4 Insurance fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_5 fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_6 fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_7 fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_8 Depreciation fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_9 fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_10 fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_11 fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_12 Accounting services fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_13 fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_14 fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_15 fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_16 Total administrative expense $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_17 $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_18 $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_19 $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b
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Green Earth Landscaping Company provides monthly and weekly landscaping and maintenance services to residential customers in the tri-city area. Green Earth has no variable administrative expense. Fixed administrative expenses for June, July, and August include:
| Salaries | $9,500 |
| Insurance | 2,200 |
| 3,500 | |
| Accounting services | 600 |
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1. Construct an administrative expense budget for Green Earth Landscaping Company for the three summer months. Show total amounts by month and in total for the three-month period.
| June | July | August | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries | $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_1 | $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_2 | $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_3 | $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_4 |
| Insurance | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_5 | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_6 | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_7 | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_8 |
| Depreciation | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_9 | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_10 | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_11 | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_12 |
| Accounting services | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_13 | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_14 | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_15 | fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_16 |
| Total administrative expense | $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_17 | $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_18 | $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_19 | $fill in the blank eb6b930a400b037_20 |
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2. What if Green Earth Landscaping Company's insurance rates increased at the beginning of July to $2,800 per month? How would that affect monthly administrative expense?
Total monthly administrative cost would
by $fill in the blank 67ca27fc4009070_2.
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