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Chapter 19: Question 9BE (page 1094)

Shetland Inc. had pretax financial income of \(154,000 in 2017. Included in the computation of that amount is insurance expense of \)4,000 which is not deductible for tax purposes. In addition, depreciation for tax purposes exceeds accounting depreciation by $10,000. Prepare Shetland’s journal entry to record 2017 taxes, assuming a tax rate of 45%.

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Depreciation is a term used in accountswhere the value of fixed assets the organization owns decreases because of its usage. It is charged as an expense and is deductedfrom theasset's actual value.

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Computation of income tax payable and deferred tax liability

Incometaxpayable=(FinancialIncome+Insuranceexpence-Accountingdepreciation)×Taxrate=($154,000+$4,000-$10,000)×45%=$148,000×45%=$66,600

DeferredTaxliability=Accountingdepreciation×Taxrate=$10,000×45%=$4,500

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Journal entry

Shetland Inc.

Journal Entry

Date

Particulars

Debit

Credit

2017

Income tax expense

$71,100

Income tax payable

$66,600

Deferred tax liability

$4,500

(To record the income tax expense)

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