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Chapter 4
Income Statement
QUESTIONS
4- 1. Extraordinary items are events or transactions that are distinguished by their
before extraordinary items.
4- 2. d, f
4- 3. Examples include sales of securities, write-down of inventories, disposal of a
in income before the income tax is deducted. Also, net-of-tax treatment would
infer that these items are extraordinary.
4- 4. Under the equity method, equity in earnings of nonconsolidated subsidiaries is
operations of the business in question, but rather from a subsidiary.
4- 5. It would appear that this is the disposal of a product line that is specifically
4- 6. Unusual or infrequent items relate to operations. Examples are write-downs of
receivables and write-downs of inventory.
4- 7. A new FASB issued in May, 2005 requires retrospective application to prior
unless it is impracticable.
4- 8. The declaration of a cash dividend reduces retained earnings and increases
and cash.
4- 9. First, a stock split is usually for a larger number of shares. Secondly, a stock