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Chapter 4: Question 37Q (page 180)
How should the disposal of a component of a business be disclosed in the income statement?
Disclosure of a disposed component is based upon its nature, i.e., continued or discontinued.
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Question: What is the major distinction (a) between revenues and gains and (b) between expenses and losses?
Brisky Corporation had net sales of \(2,400,000 and interest revenue of \)31,000 during 2017. Expenses for 2017 were cost of goods sold \(1,450,000, administrative expenses \)212,000, selling expenses \(280,000, and interest expense \)45,000. Brisky鈥檚 tax rate is 30%. The corporation had 100,000 shares of common stock authorized and 70,000 shares issued and outstanding during 2017. Prepare a single-step income statement for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Presented below is information related to Viel Company at December 31, 2017, the end of its first year of operations.
Sales revenue \(310,000
Cost of goods sold \)140,000
Selling and administrative expenses \(50,000
Gain on sale of plant assets \)30,000
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments \(10,000
Interest expense \)6,000
Loss on discontinued operations \(12,000
Dividends declared and paid \)5,000
Instructions
Compute the following: (a) income from operations, (b) net income, (c) comprehensive income, and (d) retained earnings balance at December 31, 2017. (Ignore income tax effects.)
Presented below are changes in all the account balances of Fritz Mayhew Furniture Co. during the current year, except for retained earnings.
Increase Increase
(Decrease) (Decrease)
Cash \(79,000 Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable (net) \)45,000 Bonds Payable \(82,000
Inventory \)127,000 Common Stock \(125,000
Investments (47,000) Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par \)13,000
Instructions
Compute the net income for the current year, assuming that there were no entries in the Retained Earnings account except for net income and a dividend declaration of $19,000 which was paid in the current year.
The financial statements of P&G are presented in Appendix B. The company鈥檚 complete annual report, including the notes to the financial statements, is available online.
Instructions
Refer to P&G鈥檚 financial statements and the accompanying notes to answer the following questions.
(a) What type of income statement format does P&G use? Indicate why this format might be used to present income statement information.
(b) What are P&G鈥檚 primary revenue sources?
(c) Compute P&G鈥檚 gross profit for each of the years 2012鈥�2014. Explain why gross profit decreased in 2014.
(d) Why does P&G make a distinction between operating and nonoperating revenue?
(e) What financial ratios did P&G choose to report in its 鈥淔inancial Summary鈥� section covering the years 2009鈥�2014?
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