Question

On August 1, 2018, Rocket Retailers adopted a plan to discontinue its catalog sales division, which qualifies as a separate component of the business according to GAAP regarding discontinued operations. The disposal of the division was expected to be concluded by June 30, 2019. On January 31, 2019, Rocket's fiscal year-end, the following information relative to the discontinued division was accumulated:

Operating loss Feb. 1, 2018–Jan. 31, 2019	$	120,000
Estimated operating losses, Feb. 1–June 30, 2019		86,000
Impairment of division assets at Jan. 31, 2019		27,000

In its income statement for the year ended January 31, 2019, Rocket would report a before-tax loss on discontinued operations of:

Multiple Choice

• $(59,000).

• $(147,000).

• $(120,000).

• $(206,000).

Answer 1

Operating loss Feb. 1, 2018–Jan. 31, 2019	(120000)
Impairment of division assets at Jan. 31, 2019	(27000)
Before-tax loss on discontinued operations	(147000)
Option B $(147,000) is correct