Table 5-5
the Following Items Were Taken from the December

Essay

Table 5-5
The following items were taken from the December 31, 2019, records of Speedy Boat Company, which uses a periodic inventory system: $$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Salary payable } & \$ 1,100 \\\hline \text { Sales revenue } & 480,000 \\\hline \text { Interest revenue } & 3,000 \\\hline \text { Freight in } & 20,000 \\\hline \text { Beginning inventory } & 35,000 \\\hline \text { Sales discounts } & 18,000 \\\hline \text { Purchases of inventory } & 240,000 \\\hline \text { Purchase retarns and allowances } & 35,000 \\\hline \text { Purchase discounts } & 10,000 \\\hline \text { Sales returns and allowances } & 35,000 \\\hline \text { Ending inventory } & 80,000 \\\hline \text { Operating expenses } & 85,000 \\\hline \text { Interest expense } & 7,000 \\\hline \text { Owner withdrawals } & 12,000 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Based on the information in Table 5-5, provide the following:
1. Multi-step income statement
2. Gross margin percentage and the inventory turnover ratio for Speedy Boat Company. Comment on the effect that an increasing inventory turnover has on a business.