Teal Corp. has a deferred tax asset account with a balance of
$68,600 at the end of 2019 due to a single cumulative temporary
difference of $343,000. At the end of 2020, this same temporary
difference has increased to a cumulative amount of $463,000.
Taxable income for 2020 is $824,000. The tax rate is 20% for all
years. No valuation account related to the deferred tax asset is in
existence at the end of 2019.
(a) Record income tax expense, deferred income
taxes, and income taxes payable for 2020, assuming that it is more
likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be realized.
(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 |
(b) Assuming that it is more likely than not that
$24,000 of the deferred tax asset will not be realized, prepare the
journal entry at the end of 2020 to record the valuation account.
(Credit account titles are automatically indented when
amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required,
select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the
amounts.)
Account Titles and Explanation |
Debit |
Credit |
Calculate temporary diff. for 2020.
= 463000-343000
.= 120000
a)
Date | Particulars | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
Income tax expense | 140800 | ||
Deferred tax asset (120000*20%) | 24000 | ||
Income tax payable (824000*20%) | 164800 | ||
(To record income tax expense and deferred tax asset) |
b)
Date | Particulars | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
Income tax expense | 140800 | ||
Deferred tax asset (120000*20%) | 24000 | ||
Income tax payable (824000*20%) | 164800 | ||
(To record income tax expense and deferred tax asset) | |||
Income tax expense | 24000 | ||
Allowance for deferred tax asset | 24000 | ||
(To record reversal of unrealized deferred tax asset) |
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