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Eastern Aviation operated both an airline and severalrestaurants located near airports. During the year just ended, allrestaurant operations were discontinued and the following operatingresults were reported.

Continuing operations(airline):
Net sales $ 27,560,000
Costs and expenses 21,660,000
Otherdata:
Operating income fromrestaurants (net of income tax) 432,000
Gain on sale of restaurants (netof income tax) 2,478,000
Nonrecurring loss 1,200,000

All of these amounts are before income taxes unless indicatedotherwise. The company's income tax rate is 40 percent. Thenonrecurring loss resulted from damage to a warehouse that is notrelated to the discontinued restaurant operations. Eastern Aviationhad 1,000,000 shares of capital stock outstanding throughout theyear.

Required:

a. Prepare a condensed income statement,including proper presentation of the discontinued restaurantoperations and the nonrecurring loss. Include all appropriateearnings per share figures.

b. Assume that you expect the profitability ofEastern Aviation operations to decline by 5 percent next year, andthe profitability of the restaurants to decline by 10 percent. Whatis your estimate of the company’s net earnings per share nextyear?

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Sixta Kovacek
Sixta KovacekLv2
28 Sep 2019

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