Required information Use the following information for the Exercises below. [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 215 units@ $14.00 = $3,010 Jan. 10 Sales 165 units @ $23.00 Jan. 20 Purchase 160 unitse $13.00 = 2,080 Jan. 25 Sales 190 units @ $23.00 Jan. 30 Purchase 330 units@ $12.50 - 4,125 Totals 705 units $9,215 355 units The Company uses a perpetual inventory system. For specific identification, ending inventory consists of 350 units, where 330 are from the January 30 purchase, 5 are from the January 20 purchase, and 15 are from beginning inventory Exercise 5-4 Perpetual: Income effects of inventory methods LO A1 Required: 1. Complete comparative income statements for the month of January for Laker Company for the four inventory methods. Assume expenses are $2,000 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 Required: 1. Complete comparative income statements for the month of January for Laker Company for the four inventory methods. Assume expenses are $2.000 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 0 0 0 0 Sales Cost of goods sold Gross profit Expenses Income before taxes Income tax expense Not income 0 0 0 0 $ OS 0 $ OS 0 2. Which method yields the highest net income? Weighted average LIFO Help Save & E Che Required information LIFO Specific identification FIFO 3. Does net income using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO? Yes No 4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest net income? Weighted average LIFO Specific identification FIFO