Felicia Rashad Corporation has pretax financial income (or loss) equal to taxable income (or loss) from 2000 through 2008 as follows.

Pretax financial income (loss) and taxable income (loss) were the same for all years since Rashad has been in business.
Assume the carryback provision is employed for net operating losses. In recording the benefits of a loss carryforward, assume that it is more likely than not that the related benefits will be realized.
Instructions
(a) What entry (ies) for income taxes should be recorded for 2004?
(b) Indicate what the income tax expense portion of the income statement for 2004 should look like. Assume all income (loss) relates to continuing operations.
(c) What entry for income taxes should be recorded in 2005?
(d) How should the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2005 appear?
(e) What entry for income taxes should be recorded in 2008?
(f) How should the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2008appear?

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Income (Loss) Ta Rate 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 $29,000 40,000 17,000 48,000 30% 30% 35% 50% 40% 40% 40% 40% 45% (150,000) 90,000 2006 2007 2008 30,000 105,000 (60,000)