Introduction: To operate a business, a taxpayer generally chooses between individual trading,
To choose: The best practice when a Corporation has a tax liability to avoid penalty.
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
- How do the all events and economic performance requirements apply to the following transactions by an accrual basis taxpayer? a. The company guarantees its products for six months. At the end of 2019, customers had made valid claims for 600,000 that were not paid until 2020. Also, the company estimates that another 400,000 in claims from 2019 sales will be filed and paid in 2020. b. The accrual basis taxpayer reported 200,000 in corporate taxable income for 2019. The state income tax rate was 6%. The corporation paid 7,000 in estimated state income taxes in 2019 and paid 2,000 on 2018 state income taxes when it filed its 2018 state income tax return in March 2019. The company filed its 2019 state income tax return in March 2020 and paid the remaining 5,000 of its 2019 state income tax liability. c. An employee was involved in an accident while making a sales call. The company paid the injured victim 15,000 in 2019 and agreed to pay the victim 15,000 a year for the next nine years.arrow_forwardE Corporation is a subchapter S corporation owned by three individuals with calendar year-ends. The corporation sells a sports drink as its principal product and has similar sales each month. What options does E Corporation have in choosing a tax year? E Corporation may choose any month end as its tax year. Because the owners of E Corporation have tax years ending in December, E Corporation must also choose a December year-end. E Corporation may choose an October, November, or December tax year-end. E Corporation may choose a tax year ending in September, October, or November, but only if the corporation also makes an annual cash deposit and adjusts the amount every year depending on the income deferred.arrow_forwardIn the current year, Madison Corporation had 50,000 of taxable income at a tax rate of 25%. During the year, Madison began offering warranties on its products and has a Warranty liability for financial reporting purposes of 5,000 at the end of the year. Warranty expenses are not deductible until paid for income tax purposes. Prepare the journal entry to record Madisons income taxes at the end of the year.arrow_forward
- Buster Corporation reported $150,000 in revenues in its Year 1 financial statements, of which $50,000 will not be included in the tax return until Year 2. The enacted tax rate is 34% for Year 1 and 25% for Year 2. What amount should Roger report for deferred income tax liability in its balance sheet at December 31, Year 1?arrow_forwardHow do I answer this? Carrot Company has been profitable in the past and expects to remain profitable in the future. Carrot sells a product for which it provides a 5-year warranty. For financial reporting purposes, Carrot estimates its future warranty costs and records a warranty expense and liability at year-end, whereas for income tax purposes the company deducts its warranty costs when paid. At the beginning of the current year, Carrot had a deferred tax asset of $500 related to the warranty liability on its balance sheet. At the end of the current year, the company estimates that its ending warranty liability is $2,000 Carrot had current year taxable income of $10,000 and is subject to an enacted future tax rate of 30%. Prepare a schedule to compute Carrot's (a) ending future deductible amount, (b) ending deferred tax asset, and (c) change in deferred tax asset for the current year (deferred tax benefit). For those boxes in which you must enter subtractive or negative number, use…arrow_forwardAt the beginning of the current year, Rosa Corporation has an accumulated E&P deficit of $15,000 and Rosa's current E&P deficit is $20,000. Rosa distributes $10,000 on July What are the tax consequences of the distribution?arrow_forward
- Sera Corporation has made and recorded its quarterly income tax payments. After a final review of taxesfor the year, the company identifies an additional $40,000 of income tax expense that should be recorded.A portion of this additional expense, $6,000, is deferred for payment in future years. Record Sera’s yearendadjusting entry for income tax expense.arrow_forwardAlmond Corporation, a calendar year C corporation, had taxable income of $400,000, $600,000 and $800,000 for 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively. Almond’s taxable income is $900 million for 2019. Compute the minimum estimated tax payments that should have been made for 2019 for Almond Corporation, if Almond wants to avoid any penalty for underpayments of estimated taxes.(see the power points, the lecture, and google this too if needed) In each of the following independent situations, determine the C corporation’s income tax liability. Assume that all corporations use a calendar year 2020. (see your PPs; your text; or go to IRS website) Taxable Violet Corporation Income $ 36,000 Indigo Corporation 380,000 Orange Corporation 810,000 Blue Corporation RYPG 2,100,000arrow_forwardAt December 31, 2025, Sheffield Corporation had a deferred tax liability of $362,100, resulting from future taxable amounts of $2,130,000 and an enacted tax rate of 17%. In May 2026, a new income tax act is signed into law that raises the tax rate to 20% for 2026 and future years. Prepare the journal entry for Sheffield to adjust the deferred tax liability. (List debit entry before credit entry. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Creditarrow_forward
- For many years preceding 2018, Minimis Corporation, a calendar year corporation, had incurred the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and as a result had a $2 million minimum tax carryover into 2018. However, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 repealed the corporate AMT for tax years beginning after 2017. Minimis expects its regular tax liability to be $100,000 per year for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Your supervisor has asked you to determine how Minimis treats the minimum tax credit carryover in these four years now that the corporate AMT has been repealed. Your supervisor has suggested that you start by looking at IRC Sec. 53.arrow_forwardRequired: For the current tax year, discuss the deductibility of the interest payments, as well as the deductibility of the fees that were payable (citing authority ) . Damien owns a residential investment property that was unmortgaged. He agreed with the bank to borrow $400,000 with the investment property as security for the loan. This loan had a term of 30 years, and the loan set up costs, paid on 1 July of the current tax year, were $3000. Of the $400,000, $200,000 was used to buy shares listed on the stock exchange. He also used the other $200,000 to buy a new Porsche (for personal use). Total interest on the $400,000 for the tax year was $20,000. During the current tax year, Damien also borrowed another $2 million to buy a new investment property (a commercial premises which Damien rents out) which is secured by that commercial property. On 20 June 2024 (in the current tax year), Damien prepaid 3 years of interest on the commercial property loan -- specifically, he paid $300,000…arrow_forwardHi, Need help with the attached question, thank you kindly!arrow_forward
- Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And AnalysisAccountingISBN:9781337788281Author:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald PagachPublisher:Cengage Learning