In: Accounting
Ayres Services acquired an asset for $86 million in 2018. The
asset is depreciated for financial reporting purposes over four
years on a straight-line basis (no residual value). For tax
purposes the asset’s cost is depreciated by MACRS. The enacted tax
rate is 40%. Amounts for pretax accounting income, depreciation,
and taxable income in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 are as
follows:
($ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
Pretax accounting income | $ | 345 | $ | 365 | $ | 380 | $ | 415 | ||||||||
Depreciation on the income statement | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation on the tax return | (26.5 | ) | (34.5 | ) | (16.5 | ) | (8.5 | ) | ||||||||
Taxable income | $ | 340 | $ | 352 | $ | 385 | $ | 428 | ||||||||
Required:
Determine (a) the temporary book–tax difference for the depreciable
asset and (b) the balance to be reported in the deferred tax
liability account. (Leave no cell blank,
enter "0" wherever applicable. Negative amounts
should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answers in millions
rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as
5.5).)