Question

On October 28, 2018, Mercedes Company committed to a plan to sell a division that qualified as a component of the entity according to GAAP regarding discontinued operations and was properly classified as held for sale on December 31, 2018, the end of the company's fiscal year. The division's loss from operations for 2018 was $1,900,000. The division's book value and fair value less cost to sell on December 31 were $2,900,000 and $3,600,000, respectively. What before-tax amount(s) should Mercedes report as loss on discontinued operations in its 2018 income statement

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Before-tax amount (PBT which is the evaluate of an organization’s productivity and profitability that looks at the profits made before any tax is paid) of Mercedes should be reported as loss on terminated operations in its 2016 income statement:

$1,890,000 loss will be from operations only. There will also be no impairment loss.