Meyer reported the following pretax financial income (loss) for the years 2012-2
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Meyer reported the following pretax financial income (loss) for the years 2012-2016. Pretax financial income (loss) and taxable income (loss) were the same for all years involved. The enacted tax rate was 35% for 2012 and 2013, and 41% for 2014-2016. Assume the carryback provision is used first for net operating losses. Prepare the journal entries for the years 2014-2016 to record income tax expense, income taxes payable (refundable), and the tax effects of the loss carryback and loss carryforward, assuming that based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that one-fifth of the benefits of the loss carryforward will not be realized. (Credit account titles ore automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Prepare the income tax section of the 2015 income statement beginning with the line "Income (loss) before income taxes/'. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)Explanation / Answer
Income Tax Expense 53300 Income Tax Payable 53300 Income Tax Refund Received 178600 deferred tax Asset 35260 Benefit dur to loss carryforward-carryback 178600 Benefit dur to loss carryforward-carried Forward 35260 Benefit dur to loss carryforward-carried Forward 35260 Allowance to reduce Deferred tax asset 35260 (as there is uncertainity that $35260 will be able to realize not $7503 2016 Income Tax Expense 75645 Deferred tax Asset 35260 Income Tax Payable 40385 Allowance to reduce Deferred tax asset 35260 Benefit dur to loss carryforward-carried Forward 35260 Income Statement Loss before Income Tax $574,000 Revenue: Benefit dur to loss carryforward-carryback 178600 Benefit dur to loss carryforward-carried Forward 35260 Net loss 360140