Question: For its first year of operations, Cable Corp. recorded a $100,000 expense in its tax return that will riot be recorded in its accounting records

For its first year of operations, Cable Corp. recorded a $100,000 expense in its tax return that will riot be recorded in its accounting records until next year. There were no other differences between its taxable and financial statement income. Cable's effective tax rate for the current year is 45%, but a 40% rate has already been passed into law for next year. In its yeaperxi balance sheet, what amount should Cable report as a deferred tax asset (liabdity)?
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A: $40,000 asset.
B: $40,000 liability.
C: $45,000 asset.
D: $45,000 liability.

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