ATV Company began operations on March 1 and uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into purchases and sales for March as shown in the Tableau Dashboard.

1. The CEO has asked you to help her decide whether to use LIFO or FIFO for inventory costing. Compute the gross profit earned by the company for both LIFO and FIFO. 2. The CEOs bonus is calculated using net income before income taxes. If the CEO wishes to maximize her bonus, which of the following methods would you recommend? 3. Alternatively, the CEO desires the method that minimizes income taxes paid by the company in the current year. If income taxes are based on a percentage of net income, which method would you recommend to the CEO?

• Required 1 Gross Profit
• Required 2
• Required 3

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Legend No Purchases or Sales Purchases Sales 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline If the CEO wishes to maximize her bonus, which of the following methods would you recommend? \\ \hline \end{tabular} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline If income taxes are based on a percentage of net income, which method would you recommend to the CEO? \\ \hline \end{tabular} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline & FIFO: & LIFO: \\ \hline & & \\ \hline & & \\ \hline \end{tabular} Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Legend No Purchases or Sales Purchases Sales 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline If the CEO wishes to maximize her bonus, which of the following methods would you recommend? \\ \hline \end{tabular} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline If income taxes are based on a percentage of net income, which method would you recommend to the CEO? \\ \hline \end{tabular} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline & FIFO: & LIFO: \\ \hline & & \\ \hline & & \\ \hline \end{tabular}