Reference no: EM132880439

Problem - Income Statement, Lower Portion - At the beginning of 2019, Cameron Company's retained earnings was $212,000. For 2019, Cameron has calculated its pretax income from continuing operations to be $120,000. During 2019, the following events also occurred:

1. During July, Cameron sold Division M (a component of the company). It has determined that the pretax income from the operations of Division M during 2019 totals $39,000 and that a pretax loss of $40,500 was incurred on the sale of Division M.

2. Cameron had 21,000 shares of common stock outstanding during all of 2019. It declared and paid a $1 per share cash dividend on this stock.

Required - Assuming that all the pretax items are subject to a 30% income tax rate:

1. Complete the lower portion of Cameron's 2019 income statement, beginning with "Pretax Income from Continuing Operations."

2. Prepare an accompanying retained earnings statement.