Presented Are the Income Statements of Conley and Woolf Publications

question 100

Multiple Choice

Presented are the income statements of Conley and Woolf Publications companies for the current year: What should Woolf do to improve its performance to match or to exceed Conley's performance?

• A)Reduce percentage of COGS
• B)Reduce percentage of income tax expense
• C)Reduce percentage of selling/general expenses
• D)Any of the above would be useful to improve performance

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