Wright Company reports the following information for the year ended December 31, 2016: Pretax income from continuing operations (a) $160,000 Pretax income from operations of discontinued Division M 27,000 Pretax loss on disposal of Division M (45,000) Pretax correction of error in understating depreciation in 2015 (8,000) Retained earnings, January 1, 2016 410,000 Cash dividends during 2016 48,000 Income tax payable (b) 41,000   a: Of this amount, revenues are $400,000 and expenses are $240,000. b: Of this amount, $6,750 relates to the pretax income from the operations of discontinued Division M; pretax loss on the disposal of Division M resulted in an income tax savings of $11,250; and pretax correction of the depreciation error resulted in an income tax savings of $2,000. Required: 1. Prepare the year-end journal entry necessary to record the 2016 intraperiod income tax allocation. 2. Prepare Wright’s 2016 income statement and statement of retained earnings.

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Wright Company reports the following information for the year ended December 31, 2016:
Pretax income from continuing operations (a) $160,000
Pretax income from operations of discontinued Division M 27,000
Pretax loss on disposal of Division M (45,000)
Pretax correction of error in understating depreciation in 2015 (8,000)
Retained earnings, January 1, 2016 410,000
Cash dividends during 2016 48,000
Income tax payable (b) 41,000
 
a: Of this amount, revenues are $400,000 and expenses are $240,000.
b: Of this amount, $6,750 relates to the pretax income from the operations of discontinued Division M; pretax loss on the disposal of Division M resulted in an income tax savings of $11,250; and pretax correction of the depreciation error resulted in an income tax savings of $2,000.
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1. Prepare the year-end journal entry necessary to record the 2016 intraperiod income tax allocation.
2. Prepare Wright’s 2016 income statement and statement of retained earnings.
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