Selected information about income statement accounts for the Reed Company is presented below (the company's fiscal...

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Selected information about income statement accounts for theReed Company is presented below (the company's fiscal year ends onDecember 31):

20162015
  Sales$4,700,000$3,800,000
  Cost of goodssold2,920,0002,060,000
  Administrativeexpenses860,000735,000
  Sellingexpenses420,000372,000
  Interestrevenue156,000146,000
  Interestexpense212,000212,000
  Loss on sale ofassets of discontinued component74,000

On July 1, 2016, the company adopted a plan to discontinue adivision that qualifies as a component of an entity as defined byGAAP. The assets of the component were sold on September 30, 2016,for $74,000 less than their book value. Results of operations forthe component (included in the above account balances)were as follows:

1/1/16-9/30/162015
  Sales$460,000$560,000
  Cost of goods sold(320,000)(356,000)
  Administrative expenses(56,000)(46,000)
  Selling expenses(26,000)(36,000)
  Operating income before taxes$58,000$122,000

       In addition to theaccount balances above, several events occurred during 2016 thathave not yet been reflected in the above accounts:

1.

A fire caused $56,000 in uninsured damages to the main officebuilding. The fire was considered to be an infrequent but notunusual event.

2.

Inventory that had cost $46,000 had become obsolete because acompetitor introduced a better product. The inventory was sold asscrap for $6,000.

3.Income taxes have not yet been recorded.
Required:

Prepare a multiple-step income statement for the Reed Companyfor 2016, showing 2015 information in comparative format, includingincome taxes computed at 20% and EPS disclosures assuming 500,000shares of common stock. (Amounts to be deducted should beindicated with a minus sign. Round EPS answers to 2 decimalplaces.)

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