At the end of 2019, Sentry Company reported a deferred tax liability of $9,724 based on an income tax rate of 26%. On January 2, 2020, Congress changed the income tax rate to 35%. Required: 1. Calculate the amount of the adjustment to Sentry’s 2019 year-end deferred tax liability. 2. Prepare the journal entry to correct Sentry’s deferred tax liability.

At the end of 2019, Sentry Company reported a deferred tax liability of $9,724 based on an income tax rate of 26%. On January 2, 2020, Congress changed the income tax rate to 35%. Required: 1. Calculate the amount of the adjustment to Sentry’s 2019 year-end deferred tax liability. 2. Prepare the journal entry to correct Sentry’s deferred tax liability.

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At the end of 2019, Sentry Company reported a deferred tax liability of $9,724 based on an income tax rate of 26%. On January 2, 2020, Congress changed the income tax rate to 35%.

Required:

1.	Calculate the amount of the adjustment to Sentry’s 2019 year-end deferred tax liability.
2.	Prepare the journal entry to correct Sentry’s deferred tax liability.

Definition Definition Method of recording financial transactions in the book of original entry by debiting and crediting the accounts affected by a transaction using the golden rules of accrual accounting.

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