On July 8, Divo Company sold office supplies for $13,000. Determine the amount and the character of Divos gain or loss on sale under each of the following assumptions:

Required:

Divo is a retail store that sells office supplies to customers. Under the LIFO method of accounting, Divos cost basis in the supplies was $11,900.

Divo is a law firm. Divo sold the supplies because it was overstocked and needed the storage space for a different purpose. Under its method of accounting, Divo expenses the cost of office supplies when purchased.

Divo is an accounting firm. Divo sold the supplies because it is liquidating its business. Divos capitalized cost of the supplies was $14,250.

Capital gain

Capital loss

Ordinary gain

Ordinary loss

for each part the above are the options