In some cases, these efforts involved full-blown government bureaucracies, with a steady number of employees and fixed payrolls.
The retailers have high fixed costs, payroll and inventory".
"These loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable and other bills that can't be paid because of the disaster's impact," said Victor Parker, the administration's Los Angeles district director.
The Pentagon needs to fix the payroll system quickly.
Deloitte ultimately agreed to repay L.A. Unified $8.25 million and forgave $10 million in unpaid invoices to cover about half the cost of fixing the payroll system.
As shown in the table below, Harquebus Paintball estimates the number of units of $1 which must be sold (under the forecasted profit margin attributed to each item), to generate sufficient revenue monthly to break-even with its estimated monthly fixed costs (utilities, payroll, depreciation, etc.).
When the team's total payroll is fixed as in the NFL, or quasi-fixed such as in the NBA, the less you pay rookies and more junior players, the more money is left for veteran salaries.
"If the sales go down, the expense structure is fixed with rent and payroll, so the thing can implode very quickly".
Social Security is essentially healthy, and its long-term issues can be fixed by lifting the payroll tax cap.
I mean I knew they did already, given their January policy memo on doing just that; despite acknowledging that the future shortfall of Social Security could easily be fixed by lifting the payroll tax cap for wealthier people, Third Way preferred cutting benefits.
