In: Accounting
The following information is related to Whispering Company for 2020.
Retained earnings balance, January 1, 2020$1,078,000
Sales Revenue27,500,000
Cost of goods sold17,600,000
Interest revenue77,000
Selling and administrative expenses5,170,000
Write-off of goodwill902,000
Income taxes for 2020 1,368,400
Gain on the sale of investments121,000
Loss due to flood damage429,000
Loss on the disposition of the wholesale division (net of tax)484,000
Loss on operations of the wholesale division (net of tax)99,000
Dividends declared on common stock275,000
Dividends declared on preferred stock88,000
Whispering Company decided to discontinue its entire wholesale operations (considered a discontinued operation) and to retain its manufacturing operations. On September 15, Whispering sold the wholesale operations to Rogers Company. During 2020, there were 500,000 shares of common stock outstanding all year.