Felicity Inc. reported income from continuing operations before taxes during 2020 of $818,700. Additional transactions occurring in 2020 but not considered in the $818,700 are as follows.

1. The corporation experienced an uninsured flood loss in the amount of $96,000 during the year.

2. At the beginning of 2018, the corporation purchased a machine for $61,200 (salvage value of $10,200) that had a useful life of 6 years. The bookkeeper used a straight-line depreciation for 2018, 2019, and 2020, but failed to deduct the salvage value in computing the depreciation base.

3. Sale of securities hald as part of its portfolio resulted in a loss of $59,800 (pretax).

4. When its president died, the corporation realized $159,100 from am insurance policy. The cash surender value of this policy has been carried on the books as an investment in the amount of $44,310 (the gain is nontaxable).

5. The corporation disposed of its recreational division at a loss of $104,330 before taxes. Assume that this transaction meets the criteria for discountinued operations.

6. The corporation decided to change its method of inventory pricing from average-cost to the FIFO method. The effect of this change on prior years is to increase 2018 income by $58,150 and decrease 2019 income by $19,670 before taxes. The FIFO method had been used for 2020. The tax rate on these items is 30%.

Prepare an income statement for the year 2020 starting with income from continuing operations before taxes. Compute the earnings per share as it should be shown on the face of the income statement. Common shares outstanding for the year are 109,520 shares. (Assume tax rate of 30% on all items, unless indicated otherwise) (Round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.48 and all other answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275).

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