Prance, Inc., earned pretax book net income of $800,000 in 2021. Prance acquired a depreciable asset in 2021, and first-year tax depreciation exceeded book depreciation by $80,000.

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Prance, Inc., earned pretax book net income of $800,000 in 2021. Prance acquired a depreciable asset in 2021, and first-year tax depreciation exceeded book depreciation by $80,000.

In 2022, Prance reports $600,000 of pretax book net income, and the book depreciation exceeds tax depreciation that year by $20,000. Prance reports no other temporary or permanent book-tax differences. The pertinent U.S. Federal corporate income tax rate is 21%, and Prance earned an after-tax rate of return on capital of 4%.

Enter below the 2022 Prance's deferred tax benefit or expense and any total tax expense.

If an amount is zero, enter "0". If required, round your answer to nearest whole value.

a.   Deferred tax benefit or expense $fill in the blank 1
b.   Total tax expense $fill in the blank 2

c.  In net present value terms, what has been the value to Prance of accelerating $20,000 of 2022 book depreciation to 2021? The present value factor at 8% is 0.9615.
$fill in the blank 3

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