Question

Blossom Corporation has one temporary difference at the end of 2020 that will reverse and cause taxable amounts of $57,800 in 2021, $62,500 in 2022, and $67,300 in 2023. Blossom’s pretax financial income for 2020 is $319,400, and the tax rate is 30% for all years. There are no deferred taxes at the beginning of 2020.

Part 1

Compute taxable income and income taxes payable for 2020.

Taxable income		$enter a dollar amount
Income taxes payable		$enter a dollar amount

Part 2

Prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2020. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount

Part 3

Prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2020, beginning with the line “Income before income taxes.”. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)

Blossom Corporation Income Statement (Partial)
		$enter a dollar amount
select an opening section nameCurrentDeferredDividendsExpensesIncome before Income TaxesIncome Tax ExpenseNet Income /
	$enter a dollar amount
	enter a dollar amount
		enter a subtotal of the two previous amounts

Answer 1

• Requirements

[1]

A	Pretax Income	$319,400
B	Temporary difference	$187,600
C = A - B	Taxable Income	$131,800	Answer
D	Tax rate	30%
E = C x D	Income tax payable	$39,540	Answer

[2]

Accounts title	Debit	Credit
Income Tax Expense	$95,820
Deferred tax expense ($187600 x 30%)		$56,280
Income tax payable		$39,540
(to record income tax expense)

[3]

Income Statement
Pretax net income or Income before Income taxes		$319,400
Less: Income tax expense
Current income tax	$39,540
Deferred tax expense	$56,280
		$95,820
Net Income		$223,580