Chapter 4: 7Q (page 169)
How can earnings management affect the quality of earnings?
The quality of earnings is negatively affected by earnings management. Earnings management lowers the reliability element of income.
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Identify at least two situations in which important changes in value are not reported in the income statement.
Finley Corporation had income from continuing operations of \(10,600,000 in 2017. During 2017, it disposed of its restaurant division at an after-tax loss of \)189,000. Prior to disposal, the division operated at a loss of $315,000 (net of tax) in 2017 (assume that the disposal of the restaurant division meets the criteria for recognition as a discontinued operation). Finley had 10,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding during 2017. Prepare a partial income statement for Finley beginning with income from continuing operations.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the single-step income statement?
Question: What major types of items are reported in the retained earnings statement?
Charlie Brown, the controller for Kelly Corporation, is preparing the company’s income statement at year-end. He notes that the company lost a considerable sum on the sale of some equipment it had decided to replace. Since the company has sold equipment routinely in the past, Brown knows the losses cannot be reported as an unusual item. He also does not want to highlight it as a material loss since he feels that will reflect poorly on him and the company. He reasons that if the company had recorded more depreciation during the assets’ lives, the losses would not be so great. Since depreciation is included among the company’s operating expenses, he wants to report the losses along with the company’s expenses, where he hopes it will not be noticed.
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