Advance I Ch-I
Advance I Ch-I
Advance I Ch-I
Chapter One
2017 2018 2019 Total
Revenues $130,000 $130,000 $130,000
Expenses 60,000 60,000 60,000
• For tax purposes Chelsea reported the same expenses to the IRS in
each of the years. But, Chelsea reported different taxable revenues
(due to Receivables) of $100,000 in 2017, $150,000 in 2018, and
$140,000 in 2019.
2. CHELSEA INC. TAX REPORTING
2017 2018 2019 Total
Revenues $100,000 $150,000 $140,000
Expenses 60,000 60,000 60,000
Income tax expense Vs income tax payable
• For this example Income tax expense and income taxes payable
differed over the three years but were equal in total.
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• Differences b/n income tax expense and income taxes
payable in this example arise for a simple reason (treat
account receivable differently).
• For financial reporting, companies use the full accrual
method to report revenues.
• For tax purposes, they use a modified cash basis.
• As a result, pretax financial income of $70,000 and income
tax expense of $28,000 for each of the three years.
• However, taxable income fluctuates. For example, in 2017
taxable income is only $40,000, so Chelsea owes just $16,000
to the IRS that year.
• As the above Illustration indicates, $12,000 ($28,000 − $16,000)
difference between income tax expense and income taxes
payable in 2017 reflects taxes that will be paid in future periods.
In the previous example, the only difference between the book basis and
tax basis of the assets and liabilities relates to accounts receivable that
arose from revenue recognized for book purposes. The illustration
indicates that Chelsea reports account receivable at $30,000.
Hunt cannot deduct this amount for tax purposes until it pays the
liability, expected in 2018. As a result, a deductible amount will
occur in 2018 when Hunt settles the liability, causing taxable income
to be lower than pretax financial information.
IFRS Reporting
2017 2018
Revenues $900,000 $900,000
Expenses (operating) 400,000 400,000
Litigation loss 50,000 −0−
Pretax financial income $450,000 $500,000
Tax rate 40% 40%
Income tax expense $180,000 $200,000
Tax Reporting
Revenues 2017 2018
$900,000 $900,000
Expenses (operating)
400,000 400,000
Litigation loss 50,000
Taxable income $500,000 $450,000
Tax rate 40% 40%
Income taxes payable $200,000 $180,000
• In this case, Hunt records a deferred tax asset of $20,000 at
the end of 2017 because it represents taxes that will be saved
in future periods.
• Computation of the deferred tax asset at the end of 2017
(assuming a 40% tax rate) will be.
Income Tax Expense 180,000
Deferred Tax Asset 20,000
Income Taxes Payable 200,000
Income tax expense for 2018
• The total income tax expense of $200,000 on the income statement for
2018 thus consists of two elements.
current tax expense of $180,000 and
deferred tax expense of $20,000.
Financial Statement Effects
For Balance Sheet Hunt Company reports the following
information on its balance sheets for 2017 and 2018 as shown in
Illustration.
Revenues $900,000
Expenses (operating) 400,000
Litigation loss 50,000
Income before income taxes 450,000
Income tax expense
Current $200,000
Deferred (20,000) 180,000
Net income $270,000
Temporary Vs Permanent Differences
1. Temporary Difference
• The originating differences for Sharp in each of the first three years
are $2,000. The related tax effect of each originating difference is
$600. The reversing differences in 2018 and 2019 are each $3,000.
The related tax effect of each is $900.
2. Permanent differences
Permanent differences result from items that (1) enter into pretax financial
income but never into taxable income, and vise versa.
1. It pays life insurance premiums for its key officers of $5,000 in 2016
and 2017. Although not tax-deductible, Bio-Tech expenses the
premiums for book purposes.
65,100
Income Taxes Payable ($217,000 × 30%)
December 31, 2017
There is no deferred tax amount associated with the difference caused by the
nondeductible insurance expense because it is a permanent difference.
Although an enacted tax rate of 30% applies for all three years, the effective
rate differs from the enacted rate in 2016 and 2017. Bio-Tech computes the
effective tax rate by dividing total income tax expense for the period by
pretax financial income.
The effective rate is 30% for 2015 ($60,000 ÷ $200,000 = 30%) and 30.75%
for 2016 and 2017 ($61,500 ÷ $200,000).
Revision of Future Tax Rates
When a change in the tax rate is enacted, companies should record its
effect on the existing deferred income tax accounts immediately. A
company reports the effect as an adjustment to income tax expense in the
period of the change.
Assume that on December 10, 2017, a new income tax act is signed into
law that lowers the corporate tax rate from 40%to 35%, effective January
1, 2019. If Hostel Co. has one temporary difference at the beginning of
2017 related to $3 million of excess tax depreciation, then it has a
Deferred Tax Liability account with a balance of $1,200,000 ($3,000,000 ×
40%) at January 1, 2017. If taxable amounts related to this difference are
scheduled to occur equally in 2018, 2019, and 2020, the deferred tax
liability at the end of 2017 is $1,100,000, computed as follows.
2018 2019 2020 Total
Future taxable amounts $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $3,000,000
Tax rate 40% 35% 35%
Deferred tax liability $ 400,000 $ 350,000 $ 350,000 $1,100,000
.
Hostel, therefore, recognizes the decrease of $100,000 ($1,200,000 – $1,100,000) at the end of 2017 in
the deferred tax liability as follows.
• Corporate tax rates do not change often. Therefore, companies usually employ the current
rate.
• However, state and foreign tax rates change more frequently, and they require adjustments in
deferred income taxes accordingly.
ACCOUNTING FOR NET OPERATING LOSSES
• Net operating loss (NOL) occurs for tax purposes,
when tax-deductible expenses exceed taxable
revenues.
• For an established company, a major event such as
• a labor strike,
• rapidly changing regulatory and competitive forces,
• a disaster such as 9/11, or
• a general economic recession can cause expenses exceed
revenues—a net operating loss.
ACCOUNTING FOR NET OPERATING LOSSES
• Inequitable tax burden would result if companies were
taxed during profitable periods without receiving any
tax relief during periods of net operating losses.
• Companies accomplish this income-averaging
provision (losses of one year to offset the profits of
other years) through the
• carryback and carryforward of net operating losses.
Loss Carryback
• CARRYBACKS. Deductions or credits that cannot be utilized on the tax
return during a year and that may be carried back to reduce taxable
income or taxes paid in a prior year.
• Through use of a loss carryback, a company may carry the net operating
loss back two years and receive refunds for income taxes paid in those
years.
• The company must apply the loss to the earlier year first and then to the
second year.
Example
• To illustrate the accounting procedures for a net operating loss carryback,
assume that Groh Inc. has no temporary or permanent differences.
Year Taxable Income or Loss Tax Rate Tax Paid
2014 $ 50,000 35% $17,500
2015 100,000 30% 30,000
2016 200,000 40% 80,000
2017 (500,000) — –0–
• In 2017, Groh incurs a net operating loss that it decides to carry back.
• Groh Inc must carries the loss back first to 2015. Then, Groh carries back
any unused loss to 2016.
• Accordingly, Groh files amended tax returns for 2015 and 2016, receiving
refunds for the $110,000 ($30,000 + $80,000) of taxes paid in those years.
For accounting as well as tax purposes, the $110,000 represents the tax effect
(tax benefit) of the loss carryback. Groh should recognize this tax effect in 2017,
the loss year.
• Groh reports the account debited, Income Tax Refund Receivable, on the
balance sheet as a current asset at December 31, 2017. It reports the
account credited on the income statement for 2017.
• Since the $500,000 net operating loss for 2017 exceeds the $300,000 total
taxable income from the 2 preceding years, Groh carries forward the
remaining $200,000 loss.
Loss carryforwards
• CARRYFORWARDS. Deductions or credits that cannot be utilized on the
tax return during a year and that may be carried forward to reduce
taxable income or taxes payable in a future year
• If a carryback fails to fully absorb a net operating loss or if the company
decides not to carry the loss back, then it can carry forward. Because
companies use carryforwards to offset future taxable income, the tax effect
of a loss carryforward represents future tax savings.
Example
Return to the Groh example In 2017, the company records the tax
effect of the $200,000 loss carryforward as a deferred tax asset of
$80,000 ($200,000 × 40%), assuming that the enacted future tax
rate is 40%. Groh records the benefits of the carryback and the
carryforward in 2017 as follows.
• Groh realizes the income tax refund receivable of $110,000
immediately as a refund of taxes paid in the past. It establishes
a Deferred Tax Asset account for the benefits of future tax
savings.
• The two accounts credited are contra income tax expense items,
which Groh presents on the 2017 income statement .
• The current tax benefit of $110,000 is the income tax refundable
for the year.
• The $80,000 is the deferred tax benefit for the year, which
results from an increase in the deferred tax asset
Computation of Income Taxes Payable with Realized Loss Carryforward
Year Depreciation for Book Purposes Depreciation for Tax Purposes Difference
2016 $ 90,000 $108,000 $(18,000)
2017
90,000
172,800
(82,800)
2020
90,000
62,208
27,792
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