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Caldera Co. reports under U.S. GAAP. During the year it paid $42,000 of interest, received $18,000 of interest, received $9,000 of dividends from investments, and paid $25,000 in dividends to its own shareholders. It also paid $60,000 in income taxes, of which $12,000 relates to a gain on sale of a building (an investing event).

How are these items classified across the operating, investing, and financing sections under U.S. GAAP (not IFRS)?

  1. Interest paid, interest received, dividends received, and all $60,000 of taxes paid are operating; dividends paid are financing
  2. Interest paid, interest received, and dividends received are operating; the $12,000 of tax on the building gain is investing; dividends paid are financing
  3. Interest received and dividends received are investing; interest paid and dividends paid are financing; taxes are operating
  4. Interest paid is operating; interest received, dividends received are investing; all taxes operating; dividends paid financing

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