Using the data below, compute lan's gross profit percentage for the month of January. Net Sales Cost of goods sold Operating expenses Other income Income tax expense $12,000 3,000 7,000 500 1,000 Round answer to the nearest whole percentage.

Requirements 1. Prepare the company's January, multistep income statement. Calculate income using the LIFO, average-cost, and FIFO methods. Label the bottom line "Operating income." Round the average cost per unit to three decimal places and all other figures to whole-dollar amounts. Show your computations.                                  2. Suppose you are the financial vice president of Ohio Instruments. Which inventory method will you use if your motive is to a. minimize income taxes? b. report the highest operating income? c. report operating income between the extremes of FIFO and LIFO? d. report inventory on the balance sheet at the most current cost? e. attain the best measure of net income for the income statemehi? State the reason for each of your answers. please answer all please answer all or skip do not waste question or time by giving incomplete or incorrect answer please provide answer with explanation computation formula please answer with steps thanks

Assume Carla Vista Company has the following reported amounts: Sales revenue $1,489,000, Sales returns and allowances $44,000. Cost of goods sold $955,145, and Operating expenses $321,200. (a) Compute net sales. Net sales $ (b) Compute gross profit. Gross profit $ (c) Compute income from operations. Income from operations $ (d) Compute the gross profit rate. (Round answer to 1 decimal place, e.g. 25.2%.) Gross profit rate %

Revenue and expense data for Innovation Quarter Inc. for two recent years are as follows: Current Year Previous Year Sales $490,000 $446,000 Cost of merchandise sold 289,100 231,920 Selling expenses 78,400 84,740 Administrative expenses 88,200 75,820 Income tax expense 14,700 22,300 a. Prepare an income statement in comparative form, stating each item for both years as a percent of sales. If required, round percentages to one decimal place. Enter all amounts as positive numbers. Innovation Quarter Inc. Comparative Income Statement For the Years Ended December 31 Current year Amount Current year Percent Previous year Amount Previous year Percent Sales $490,000 % $446,000 % Cost of merchandise sold 289,100 % 231,920 % % % Selling expenses 78,400 84,740 % Administrative expenses 88,200 % 75,820 % % % Income tax expense 14,700 % 22,300 % % % b. The vertical analysis indicates that the cost of merchandise sold as a percent of sales - by 7 percentage points, while selling expenses by 3…