When a Company Makes a Second Quarter Decision to Discontinue

question 53

Multiple Choice

When a company makes a second quarter decision to discontinue a segment, the first quarter tax expense:

• A)​Results are not restated.
• B)​is split between the tax expense calculated on restated quarter one income from continuing operations and the discontinued segment by subtracting the tax expenses calculated on the restated first quarter income from the original tax expense calculated for the first quarter, before the decision was made.
• C)​is used to determine the incremental tax effect.
• D)​is recalculated using a new tax rate and first period results are restated.

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