Question

Metlock Company reports pretax financial income of $65,000 for 2020. The following items cause taxable income to be different than pretax financial income.

1.		Depreciation on the tax return is greater than depreciation on the income statement by $16,400.
2.		Rent collected on the tax return is greater than rent recognized on the income statement by $23,100.
3.		Fines for pollution appear as an expense of $11,200 on the income statement.

Metlock’s tax rate is 30% for all years, and the company expects to report taxable income in all future years. There are no deferred taxes at the beginning of 2020.

Compute taxable income and income taxes payable for 2020.

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

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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
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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).)

Metlock Company Income Statement (Partial) choose the accounting period                                                                      December 31, 2020For the Year Ended December 31, 2020For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2020
select an income statement item                                                                      CurrentDeferredDividendsExpensesIncome before Income TaxesIncome Tax ExpenseNet Income / (Loss)Retained Earnings, January 1Retained Earnings, December 31RevenuesTotal ExpensesTotal Revenues		$enter a dollar amount
select an opening section name                                                                      CurrentDeferredDividendsExpensesIncome before Income TaxesIncome Tax ExpenseNet Income / (Loss)Retained Earnings, January 1Retained Earnings, December 31RevenuesTotal ExpensesTotal Revenues
select an income statement item                                                                      CurrentDeferredDividendsExpensesIncome before Income TaxesIncome Tax ExpenseNet Income / (Loss)Retained Earnings, January 1Retained Earnings, December 31RevenuesTotal ExpensesTotal Revenues	$enter a dollar amount
select an income statement item                                                                      CurrentDeferredDividendsExpensesIncome before Income TaxesIncome Tax ExpenseNet Income / (Loss)Retained Earnings, January 1Retained Earnings, December 31RevenuesTotal ExpensesTotal Revenues	enter a dollar amount
		enter a subtotal of the two previous amounts
select a closing name for this statement                                                                      CurrentDeferredDividendsExpensesIncome before Income TaxesIncome Tax ExpenseNet Income / (Loss)Retained Earnings, January 1Retained Earnings, December 31RevenuesTotal ExpensesTotal Revenues		$enter a total net income or loss amount

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Compute the effective income tax rate for 2020. (Round answer to 1 decimal places, e.g. 25.5%.)

Effective income tax rate

enter the Effective income tax rate in percentages rounded to 1 decimal place

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Answer 1

1. Computation of Taxable Income & Tax Payable
Pretax Financial Income	$65,000.00
Less: Excess Depreciation as per tax Return	-$16,400.00
Add: Rent received but Not Recognised	$23,100.00
Add: Disallowance of Fines Expenses	$11,200.00
Taxable Income	$82,900.00
Tax Rate	30%
Income Tax Payable	$24,870.00

2. Journal Entry- Deferred Tax
Date	Account Tittle	Debit	Credit
31-Dec	Income Tax Expense (bf)	$22,860.00
	Deferred tax Assets ( 23100*30%)	$6,930.00
	Deferred Tax Liability (16400*30%)		$4,920.00
	Income tax payable		$24,870.00

Partial - Income Statement - Income Tax Expense Section
Income before Income tax	$65,000.00
Less: Income Tax Expense
Current Tax	$24,870.00
Deferred Tax expense	-$2,010.00	$22,860.00
Income after income tax	$42,140.00

Computation of Effective Tax Rate

Effective Tax Rate= Income Tax Expense/ Income Before Tax

=22860/65000= 35.169%

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