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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	155	units	@	$	8.00	=	$	1,240
Jan.	10		Sales										115	units	@	$	17.00
Jan.	20		Purchase	90	units	@	$	7.00	=		630
Jan.	25		Sales										95	units	@	$	17.00
Jan.	30		Purchase	210	units	@	$	6.50	=		1,365
			Totals	455	units					$	3,235		210	units

The Company uses a perpetual inventory system. For specific identification, ending inventory consists of 245 units, where 210 are from the January 30 purchase, 5 are from the January 20 purchase, and 30 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 $1,400 and that the applicable income tax rate is 40%. (Round your Intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

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