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

The tax rates listed were all enacted by the beginning of 2014.
Instructions
(a) Prepare the journal entries for each of the years 2014 to 2017 to record income taxes, assuming at December 31, 2016 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 2014 to 2017, beginning with the line "Income (loss) before income tax."

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Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 Accounting Income (Loss) $130,000 105,000 (305,000) 50,000 Tax Rate 25% 25% 30% 30%