An unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities of $100,000 is subject to a 30 percent tax rate. How would this be reported on a statement of comprehensive income?

Correct answer: As other comprehensive income of $70,000.

Explanation

The general concept of tax allocation is 'Let the tax follow the income or loss.' Therefore, items reported in separate sections of the income statement, like discontinued operations or other comprehensive income, must be shown net of their related tax effects.

Other questions

Question 1

What is the primary goal of analyzing sustainable income for a company like Google, as mentioned in Chapter 13?

Question 2

According to Chapter 13, what are the two components that constitute the income (or loss) from discontinued operations?

Question 3

What is comprehensive income, as described in the textbook?

Question 4

If a company changes its inventory costing method from LIFO to FIFO, how should this change in accounting principle be reported?

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a technique that improves the quality of earnings?

Question 6

What does horizontal analysis, also known as trend analysis, primarily accomplish?

Question 7

Using the data for Chicago Cereal Company in Illustration 13-9, what was the percentage change in total assets from 2018 to 2019?

Question 8

What is the base amount for vertical analysis of an income statement?

Question 9

Using the data for Chicago Cereal Company in Illustration 13-12, what was the profit margin (net income as a percentage of net sales) for 2019?

Question 10

What does the price-earnings (P-E) ratio reflect, according to the textbook?

Question 11

Which of the following ratios is NOT a measure of a company's liquidity?

Question 12

Plano Corporation reported net sales of $400,000 and had average assets of $600,000 for 2019. What is its asset turnover ratio?

Question 13

What is the formula for calculating Free Cash Flow?

Question 14

Using the data for Chicago Cereal Company in Appendix 13A, what was the debt to assets ratio for 2019?

Question 15

According to Illustration 13A-15, which component is NOT directly part of the calculation for Return on Assets?

Question 16

If a company's return on common stockholders' equity is significantly higher than its return on assets, what is the most likely explanation?

Question 17

Cool Stools Corporation has income before taxes of $400,000 and a loss on discontinued operations of $100,000. If the income tax rate is 25 percent on all items, what is the income from continuing operations?

Question 18

Which analysis technique would be most useful for comparing the financial statements of Chicago Cereal Company and the much larger Giant Mills, Inc.?

Question 19

Adams Corporation reported net sales of $300,000, $330,000, and $360,000 in 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. If 2017 is the base year, what percentage do 2019 sales represent of the base?

Question 20

In vertical analysis of a balance sheet, what is typically used as the base amount?

Question 21

If a company's gross profit rate remained constant but its profit margin decreased, what is the most likely cause?

Question 22

What does a high-quality of earnings indicate about a company?

Question 23

A company has net income of $24,000, net sales of $400,000, and average assets of $600,000. What is its profit margin?

Question 24

Using the data for Chicago Cereal Company in Appendix 13A, what was the times interest earned ratio for 2019?

Question 25

What does a very high payout ratio generally suggest about a company?

Question 26

Which three types of comparisons are mentioned in the textbook to improve the decision usefulness of financial information?

Question 27

Pace Corporation reported a loss from operation of plastics division of $42,000, net of $18,000 income tax savings. What was the pre-tax loss from the operation?

Question 28

The practice of offering deep discounts to encourage customers to buy early, which boosts current period earnings, is known as:

Question 29

In the summary of liquidity ratios in Illustration 13-17, which ratio is calculated by dividing 365 days by the inventory turnover?

Question 30

Using the data for John Cully Company from the DO IT! 3 box on page 647, what was the profit margin for 2019?

Question 31

Using the data for John Cully Company from the DO IT! 3 box on page 647, what was the return on common stockholders’ equity for 2019?

Question 32

Which of the three main analysis tools would involve calculating the percentage of cost of goods sold to net sales for a single year?

Question 33

An unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities would be reported in which section of a combined statement of comprehensive income?

Question 34

Which ratio measures the number of times, on average, a company collects its receivables during a period?

Question 35

Using the data from Illustration 13A-13, what are the three components that make up Return on Common Stockholders' Equity?

Question 36

If a company has a low inventory turnover relative to its industry, what might this indicate?

Question 37

Using the data for John Cully Company from the DO IT! 3 box on page 647, what was the debt to assets ratio for 2019?

Question 38

The return on assets ratio is a function of which two other ratios?

Question 39

What is the primary difference between sustainable income and actual net income?

Question 40

Using the data from Illustration 13A-1 for Chicago Cereal Company, calculate the working capital for 2019.

Question 41

If a company’s P-E ratio is significantly lower than its competitors, what might this suggest to an investor?

Question 42

Using the data for Chicago Cereal in Illustration 13A-22, what was the payout ratio for 2019?

Question 44

What is the primary reason for calculating the average collection period?

Question 45

Using the data for John Cully Company from the DO IT! 3 box on page 647, what was the current ratio for 2019?

Question 46

Which ratio provides insight into a company's ability to withstand losses without impairing the interests of its creditors?

Question 47

If a company has stable earnings, such as a public utility, it would generally be expected to have a:

Question 48

Using the data from the 'DO IT! 2' box on page 643 for Rosepatch Company, what was the amount of increase in total assets during 2019?

Question 49

The calculation of earnings per share for a company with both common and preferred stock requires:

Question 50

If a company has a debt to assets ratio of 60 percent, what does this imply?