In: Accounting
Headland Corp. has a deferred tax asset account with a balance
of $144,000 at the end of 2016 due to a single cumulative temporary
difference of $360,000. At the end of 2017, this same temporary
difference has increased to a cumulative amount of $408,000.
Taxable income for 2017 is $810,000. The tax rate is 40% for all
years. No valuation account related to the deferred tax asset is in
existence at the end of 2016.
(a) Record income tax expense, deferred income
taxes, and income taxes payable for 2017, 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.)
(b) Assuming that it is more likely than not
that $31,200 of the deferred tax asset will not be realized,
prepare the journal entry at the end of 2017 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.)