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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Laker Company reported the following January purchases and sales data for its only product.

Date			Activities	Units Acquired at Cost								Units sold at Retail
Jan.	1		Beginning inventory	225	units	@	$	15.00	=	$	3,375
Jan.	10		Sales										175	units	@	$	24.00
Jan.	20		Purchase	180	units	@	$	14.00	=		2,520
Jan.	25		Sales										210	units	@	$	24.00
Jan.	30		Purchase	350	units	@	$	13.50	=		4,725
			Totals	755	units					$	10,620		385	units

The Company uses a perpetual inventory system. For specific identification, ending inventory consists of 370 units, where 350 are from the January 30 purchase, 5 are from the January 20 purchase, and 15 are from beginning inventory.

Required: 1. Complete comparative income statements for the month of January for Laker Company for the four inventory methods. Assume expenses are $2,100 and that the applicable income tax rate is 40%. (Round your Intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

LAKER COMPANY
Income Statements
For Month Ended January 31
	Specific	Weighted
	Identification	Average	FIFO	LIFO
Sales
Cost of goods sold
Gross profit	0	0	0	0
Expenses	2,100	2,100	2,100	2,100
Income before taxes	(2,100)	(2,100)	(2,100)	(2,100)
Income tax expense
Net income	$(2,100)	$(2,100)	$(2,100)	$(2,100)

2. Which method yields the highest net income?

• LIFO

• Weighted average

• FIFO

• Specific identification

3. Does net income using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO?

• No

• Yes

4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest net income?

• Specific identification

• FIFO

• Weighted average

• LIFO