During 20x9, Dasbol Corporation engaged in two complex transactions to improve the business-selling off a division and retiring bonds. The company has always issued a simple single-step income statement, and the accountant has accordingly prepared the December 31 year-end income statements for 20x8 and 20x9, as shown below.

Joseph Dasbol, the president of Dasbol Corporation, is pleased to see that both net income and earnings per share increased by almost 33 percent from 20x8 to 20x9 and intends to announce to the company's stockholders that the plan to improve the business has been successful.
Required
1. Recast the 20x9 and 20x8 income statements in proper multistep form, including allocating income taxes to appropriate items (assume a 30 percent income tax rate) and showing earnings per share figures (200,000 shares outstanding).
2. User Insight: What is your assessment of Dasbol Corporation's plan and business operations in 20x9?

Dasbol Corporation Income Statements For the Years Ended December 31, 20x9 and 20x8 20x9 20x8 Net sales Cost of goods sold Operating expenses Income taxes expense Income from operations of a $1,000,000 $1,200,000 (550,000)(600,000) (225,000) 150,000) (179,100) 135,000) discontinued segment Gain on disposal of discontinued segment Extraordinary gain on retirement of bonds Net income Earnings per share 160,000 140,000 72,000 $ 417,900 315,000 $ 2.09 1.58