Question

As an auditor for Bernard and Thomas, you are responsible for determining the proper classification of income statement items in the audit of California Sports Grill. Required: Select whether each of the following items should be classified as discontinued operations, other revenues, or other expenses.
Items Description
a. One of the company's restaurants was destroyed in a forest fire that raged through Southern California. Uninsured losses from Other expenses the fire are estimated to be $450,000
b. Califomia Sports Grill has three operating divisions: restaurants, catering, and frozen retail foods. The company sells the frozen retail foods division of the business for a profit of $2.4 million in order to focus more on the restaurant and catering business
c. An employee strike to increase wages and benefits shut down operations for several days at an estimated cost of $200,000.
d. A restaurant waiter slipped on a wet floor and sued the company. The employeo won a settlement for $100,000, but Califormia Sports Grill has not yet paid the settiement.
e. The company owns and operates over 40 restaurants but sold one restaurant this year at a gain of $650,000 Other revenues

Answer 1

Answer:

a. One of the company's restaurants was destroyed in a forest fire that raged through Southern California. Uninsured losses from the fire are estimated to be $450,000: Other expenses.

b. California Sports Grill has three operating divisions: restaurants, catering, and frozen retail foods. The company sells the frozen retail foods division of the business for a profit of $2.4 million in order to focus more on the restaurant and catering business: Discontinued operations.

c. An employee strike to increase wages and benefits shut down operations for several days at an estimated cost of $200,000: Other expenses.

d. A restaurant waiter slipped on a wet floor and sued the company. The employee won a settlement for $100,000, but California Sports Grill has not yet paid the settlement: Other expenses.

e. The company owns and operates over 40 restaurants but sold one restaurant this year at a gain of $650,000: Other revenues.

Explanation:

Other expenses in business management are non-operating expenses that a business incurs. It is a cost that isn't related to the main operation of a company's business, such as interest expense, losses incurred from disposal of a fixed asset.

Other revenues in business are revenues that are derived by a company from any source other than the company's business operations, such as a company selling one of it's restaurants.

Discontinued operations in business describes a situation where parts of a company's core business are sold, abandoned or shut down and all the profits or losses are usually reported separately on an income statement.