The following information is related to Dickinson Company for 2014.

Retained earnings balance, January 1, 2014 $980,000
Sales Revenue 25,000,000
Cost of goods sold 16,000,000
Interest revenue 70,000
Selling and administrative expenses 4,700,000
Write-off of goodwill 820,000
Income taxes for 2014 1,244,000
Gain on the sale of investments (normal recurring) 110,000
Loss due to flood damage?extraordinary item (net of tax) 390,000
Loss on the disposition of the wholesale division (net of tax) 440,000
Loss on operations of the wholesale division (net of tax) 90,000
Dividends declared on common stock 250,000
Dividends declared on preferred stock 80,000

Dickinson Company decided to discontinue its entire wholesale operations and to retain its manufacturing operations. On September 15, Dickinson sold the wholesale operations to Rogers Company. During 2014, there were 500,000 shares of common stock outstanding all year.

Required:
Prepare a multiple-step income statement.

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

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