What is the basis for distinguishing between operating and nonoperating items?
Operating items are the expenses and revenues which relate directly to the principal activity of the company; they are the revenue and expenses which contribute to the sale of goods or services for which a company was organized. The nonoperating section of an income statement is a report of the revenues and expenses resulting from secondary or auxiliary activities of the company. In addition, gains and losses that are infrequent or unusual, or both, are normally reported in the section. Generally these breakdown into two main subsections: "Other revenues and gains" and "Other expenses and losses".
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