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Valuation allowance • LO16–2, LO16–3 VeriFone Systems is a provider of electronic card payment terminals, peripherals, network products, and software. In its 2015 annual report, the company reported deferred tax assets totaling about $398 million. The company also reported valuation allowances totaling about $332 million. What would motivate VeriFone to have a valuation allowance almost equal to its deferred tax assets?

Valuation allowance • LO16–2, LO16–3 VeriFone Systems is a provider of electronic card payment terminals, peripherals, network products, and software. In its 2015 annual report, the company reported deferred tax assets totaling about $398 million. The company also reported valuation allowances totaling about $332 million. What would motivate VeriFone to have a valuation allowance almost equal to its deferred tax assets?

Solution Summary: The author explains that valuation allowance offsets the deferred tax assets either fully or partly as they are more likely not to be realizable.

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Chapter 16, Problem 16.7BE

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VeriFone Systems is a provider of electronic card payment terminals, peripherals, network products, and software. In its 2015 annual report, the company reported deferred tax assets totaling about $398 million. The company also reported valuation allowances totaling about $332 million. What would motivate VeriFone to have a valuation allowance almost equal to its deferred tax assets?

Definition Definition Items on the balance sheet that are created when the tax paid is more than tax considered on the income statement. Deferred tax assets result from overpayment and advance payment of taxes. They are recorded on the assets side of the balance sheet. A deferred tax asset results in the reduction of a future tax payment and is beneficial to the company. It arises when the profit as per tax laws is more than the profit as per books of accounts.

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Ch. 16 - Additional disclosures are required pertaining to...Ch. 16 - Additional disclosures are required pertaining to...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.13Q Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.14Q Ch. 16 - IFRS and U.S. GAAP follow similar approaches to...Ch. 16 - Temporary difference LO161 A company reports...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.2BE Ch. 16 - Temporary difference LO162 A company reports...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.4BE Ch. 16 - Temporary difference; income tax payable given ...Ch. 16 - Valuation allowance LO162, LO163 At the end of...Ch. 16 - Valuation allowance LO162, LO163 VeriFone Systems...Ch. 16 - Temporary and permanent differences; determine...Ch. 16 - Calculate taxable income LO161, LO164 Shannon...Ch. 16 - Multiple tax rates LO165 J-Matt, Inc., had pretax...Ch. 16 - Change in tax rate LO165 Superior Developers...Ch. 16 - Net operating loss carryforward LO167 During its...Ch. 16 - Net operating loss carryback LO167 AirParts...Ch. 16 - Tax uncertainty LO169 First Bank has some...Ch. 16 - Intraperiod tax allocation LO1610 Southeast...Ch. 16 - Temporary difference; taxable income given LO161...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.2E Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.3E Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.4E Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.5E Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.6E Ch. 16 - Identify future taxable amounts and future...Ch. 16 - Calculate income tax amounts under various...Ch. 16 - Determine taxable income LO161, LO162 Eight...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.10E Ch. 16 - Deferred tax asset; income tax payable given;...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.12E Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.13E Ch. 16 - Multiple differences LO164, LO166 For the year...Ch. 16 - Multiple t ax rates LO162, LO165 Allmond...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.16E Ch. 16 - Deferred taxes; change in tax rates LO161, LO165...Ch. 16 - Multiple temporary differences; record income...Ch. 16 - Multiple temporary differences; record income...Ch. 16 - Net operating loss carryforward LO167 During...Ch. 16 - Net operating loss carryback LO167 Wynn Sheet...Ch. 16 - Net operating loss carryback and carryforward ...Ch. 16 - Identifying income tax deferrals LO161, LO162,...Ch. 16 - Multiple temporary differences; balance sheet...Ch. 16 - Multiple tax rates LO161, LO164, LO165 Case...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.26E Ch. 16 - Balance sheet classification LO168 As of December...Ch. 16 - Concepts; terminology LO161 through LO168 Listed...Ch. 16 - Tax credit; uncertainty regarding sustainability ...Ch. 16 - Intraperiod tax allocation LO1610 The following...Ch. 16 - FASB codification research LO165, LO168, LO1610...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.1P Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.2P Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.3P Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.4P Ch. 16 - Change in tax rate; record taxes for four years ...Ch. 16 - Multiple differences; temporary difference yet to...Ch. 16 - Multiple differences; calculate taxable income;...Ch. 16 - Multiple differences; taxable income given; two...Ch. 16 - Determine deferred tax assets and liabilities ...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.10P Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.11P Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.12P Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.13P Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.1BYP Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.2BYP Ch. 16 - Integrating Case 163 Tax effects of accounting...Ch. 16 - Communication Case 164 Deferred taxes; changing...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.5BYP Ch. 16 - Research Case 166 Researching the way tax...Ch. 16 - Analysis Case 167 Reporting deferred taxes; Ford...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.8BYP Ch. 16 - Judgment Case 169 Analyzing the effect of deferred...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.12BYP Ch. 16 - Target Case LO16-1, LO16-2, LO16-4, LO16-8,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 1CCIFRS

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