Question

Paige Company deducts insurance expense of $105,000 for tax purposes in 2018, but the expense is not yet recognized for accounting purposes. In 2019, 2020 & 2021, no insurance expense will be deducted for tax purposes, but $35,000 of insurance expense will be reported for accounting purposes on each of these years. Paige Company has a tax rate of 40% and income tax payable of $90,000 at the end of 2018. There were no deferred taxes at the beginning of 2018.
a) What is the amount of the deferred tax liability at the end of 2018?
b) What is the amount of income tax expense for 2018?

Answer 1

Sol a Deffered tax liability

If an expense is claimed in the year but not recorded in accounting, the same shall not be allowed for tax purposes in the in which the same expense is recorded in the accounts. In this case, insurance expense has been claimed in tax but not recorded in the accounts.this amount will not be claimed in the next 3 years. And we will use this amount for calculating deferred tax liability.

Deferred tax liability = 105000 * tax rate

*=105000*.40

=42000

Sol b tax expenses

Income tax 90000

Deferred tax 42000

*total tax 132000