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Dukeville Company Interior Design Dukeville is an interior-design firm owned and managed by Jason Duke, a reputed interior designer Mr. Duke charges his clients $400/hr for his consultation services and serves clients for 50 hours a week on average. A typical engagement is between 20 and 40 hours. Mr. Duke uses Garza & Co., a local firm, to bill his clients and track receivables balances. He pays a monthly fee of $3,000 to Garza & Co. Mr. Duke is satisfied with Garza's services, but is considering an alternative of hiring a part-time book-keeper He estimates that an in-house bookkeeper would need about 120 hours a month to prepare and track billings. The market rate for bookkeeping services is $15 per hour, and total cost (with employment taxes and other charges) is $20 per hour Mr. Duke would have to spend about 6 hours of his own time every month supervisingthe bookkeeper, an increase from the 4 hours he spends each month working with Garza In addition, Mr. Duke would need to rent a small storage space in the building for $150/mo if he used a temp bookkeeper Mr. Duke notes that he already has an extra desk and chair that the temp bookkeeper can use; he paid $2,000 for it and it has a 5-year estimated useful life Mr. Duke seeks your advice to compare the 2 alternatives (outsource to Garza or hire a PT bookkepper). What would your advice be? Show details of your work. Provide your response in two parts; the first part should be a quantitative comparison and the second part should discuss qualitative factors

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