Alliance Inc. reports the following incomes (losses) for both book and tax purposes (assume the carryback provision

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Alliance Inc. reports the following incomes (losses) for both book and tax purposes (assume the carryback provision is used where possible): 

Year Accounting Income (Loss) Tax Rate 2017 $130,000 25% 2018 105,000 25% 2019 (305,000) 30% 2020 50,000 30%


The tax rates listed were all enacted by the beginning of 2017. 


Instructions 

a. Prepare the journal entries for each of the years 2017 to 2020 to record income taxes, assuming at December 31, 2019, that it was more likely than not that the company would not be able to benefit from the remaining losses available to carry forward. 

b. Prepare the income tax section of the income statements for each of the years 2017 to 2020, beginning with the line “Income (loss) before income tax.”

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Intermediate Accounting Volume 2

ISBN: 9781119497042

12th Canadian Edition

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield, Irene M. Wiecek, Bruce J. McConomy

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