Question

When a company discontinues an operation and disposes of the discontinued operation (component), the transaction should be included in the income statement as a gain or loss on disposal reported as:
1. an amount after continuing operations.
2. a bulk sale of plant assets included in income from continuing operations.
3. a prior period adjustment.
4. an extraordinary item.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. an amount after continuing operations.

Explanation:

In preparing the income statement the transactions resulting into gain or loss from the discontinued operations are always reported in income statement.

For this there is special heading that is

Amount after continuing operations

This basically reflects the gain or loss from the sale of such segment.

This provides for reporting all the transactions as part of business but in an highlighted manner.