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Exercise 19-2 Prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred i

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Exercise 19-2

Prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2013. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

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Debit

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Prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2014, assuming taxable income of $332,800. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

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Debit

Credit

Exercise 19-2

The following information is available for Wenger Corporation for 2013.
1. Excess of tax depreciation over book depreciation, $48,000. This $48,000 difference will reverse equally over the years 2014–2017. 2. Deferral, for book purposes, of $30,500 of rent received in advance. The rent will be earned in 2014. 3. Pretax financial income, $357,800. 4. Tax rate for all years, 40%.

Explanation / Answer

a) Taxable Income  

   Particulars               Amount

Pretax financial income= $357,800.

Rent received in advance=$30,500

Less:

Excess depreciation = $48,000

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Taxable income = $340,300

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b) Journal entry

Date                       Particulars                     LF            Debit                 Credit

mm/dd/yy    Income tax Expense A/c Dr              $143,120     

                  Deferred Asset Tax A/c Dr                      $17,000

                      To Income tax A/c                                               $145,720

                      To Deferred tax liability                                            $14,400

            ( Being ncome tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable has recorded)

Explanation    

Income tax = $357,800 *40/100=$143,120

Rent received in advance.

Deferred taxAsset = $30,500(unearned Revenue) *40/100=$12,200

Deferred Tax Asset = $48,000 /4(equally for 2014 to 2017)=12000 *40/100=$4,800

=$12,200+ $4,800=$17,000

Deferred Tax liability =$48,000 -12,000=$36,000*40/100=$14,400

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Date                       Particulars                     LF            Debit                 Credit

mm/dd/yy    Income tax Expense A/c Dr                    $143,120                

                  Deferred Asset Tax A/c Dr                      $4,800

                      To Income tax A/c                                                 $138,320

                      To Deferred tax liability                                             $9,600

( Being ncome tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable has recorded)

Explanation    

Income tax = $332,800 * 40/100=$143,120

Deferred Tax Asset = $48,000 /4(equally for 2014 to 2017)=12000 *40/100=$4,800

Deferred Tax liability =$48,000 -24,000(12,000* 2)=$24,000*40/100=$9,600