Pretax financial income for Lake Inc. is $300,000, and its taxable income is $100,000 for 2018. Its only temporary difference at the end of the period relates to a $70,000 difference due to excess depreciation for tax purposes. If the tax rate is 40% for all periods, compute the amount of income tax expense to report in 2018. No deferred income taxes existed at the beginning of the year.
Annual depreciation is the amount of depreciation levied on the value of an asset during a year. The value keeps on diminishing up to its scrap value or resale value.
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Zurich Company reports pretax financial income of $70,000 for 2017. The following items cause taxable income to be different than pretax financial income. 1. Depreciation on the tax return is greater than depreciation on the income statement by $16,000. 2. Rent collected on the tax return is greater than rent recognized on the income statement by $22,000. 3. Fines for pollution appear as an expense of $11,000 on the income statement. Zurich’s tax rate is 30% for all years, and the company expects to report taxable income in all future years. There are no deferred taxes at the beginning of 2017. Instructions (a) Compute taxable income and income taxes payable for 2017. (b) Prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2017. (c) Prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2017, beginning with the line “Income before income taxes.” (d) Compute the effective income tax rate for 2017.
Instructions Complete the following statements by filling in the blanks. (a) In a period in which a taxable temporary difference reverses, the reversal will cause taxable income to be _______ (less than, greater than) pretax financial income. (b) If a $76,000 balance in Deferred Tax Asset was computed by use of a 40% rate, the underlying cumulative temporary difference amounts to $_______. (c) Deferred taxes ________ (are, are not) recorded to account for permanent differences. (d) If a taxable temporary difference originates in 2017, it will cause taxable income for 2017 to be ________ (less than, greater than) pretax financial income for 2017. (e) If total tax expense is $50,000 and deferred tax expense is $65,000, then the current portion of the expense computation is referred to as current tax _______ (expense, benefit) of $_______. (f) If a corporation’s tax return shows taxable income of $100,000 for Year 2 and a tax rate of 40%, how much will appear on the December 31, Year 2, balance sheet for “Income taxes payable” if the company has made estimated tax payments of $36,500 for Year 2? $________. (g) An increase in the Deferred Tax Liability account on the balance sheet is recorded by a _______ (debit, credit) to the Income Tax Expense account. (h) An income statement that reports current tax expense of $82,000 and deferred tax benefit of $23,000 will report total income tax expense of $________. (i) A valuation account is needed whenever it is judged to be _______ that a portion of a deferred tax asset _______ (will be, will not be) realized. (j) If the tax return shows total taxes due for the period of $75,000 but the income statement shows total income tax expense of $55,000, the difference of $20,000 is referred to as deferred tax _______ (expense, benefit).
At the end of 2016, Lucretia McEvil Company has $180,000 of cumulative temporary differences that will result in reporting the following future taxable amounts. 2017 $ 60,000 2018 50,000 2019 40,000 2020 30,000 $180,000Tax rates enacted as of the beginning of 2015 are: 2015 and 2016 40% 2017 and 2018 30% 2019 and later 25% McEvil’s taxable income for 2016 is $320,000. Taxable income is expected in all future years. Instructions (a) Prepare the journal entry for McEvil to record income taxes payable, deferred income taxes, and income tax expense for 2016, assuming that there were no deferred taxes at the end of 2015. (b) Prepare the journal entry for McEvil to record income taxes payable, deferred income taxes, and income tax expense for 2016, assuming that there was a balance of $22,000 in a Deferred Tax Liability account at the end of 2015.
Presented below are two independent situations related to future taxable and deductible amounts resulting from temporary differences existing at December 31, 2017. 1. Mooney Co. has developed the following schedule of future taxable and deductible amounts. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Taxable amounts $300 $300 $300 $ 300 $300 Deductible amount — — — (1,600) — 2. Roesch Co. has the following schedule of future taxable and deductible amounts. 2018 2019 2020 2021 Taxable amounts $300 $300 $ 300 $300 Deductible amount — — (2,300) — Both Mooney Co. and Roesch Co. have taxable income of $4,000 in 2017 and expect to have taxable income in all future years. The tax rates enacted as of the beginning of 2017 are 30% for 2017–2020 and 35% for years thereafter. All of the underlying temporary differences relate to noncurrent assets and liabilities. Instructions For each of these two situations, compute the net amount of deferred income taxes to be reported at the end of 2017, and indicate how it should be classified on the balance sheet.
At December 31, 2017, Fell Corporation had a deferred tax liability of $680,000, resulting from future taxable amounts of $2,000,000 and an enacted tax rate of 34%. In May 2018, a new income tax act is signed into law that raises the tax rate to 40% for 2018 and future years. Prepare the journal entry for Fell to adjust the deferred tax liability.
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