For the year ended December 31, 2011, Fidelity Engineering reported pretax accounting income of $977,000. Selected information

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For the year ended December 31, 2011, Fidelity Engineering reported pretax accounting income of $977,000. Selected information for 2011 from Fidelity's records follows:


Interest income on municipal bonds ............. $32,000

Depreciation claimed on the 2011 tax return in excess of

depreciation on the income statement ............. 55,000

Carrying amount of depreciable assets in excess of

their tax basis at year-end ................ 85,000

Warranty expense reported on the income statement ..... 26,000

Actual warranty expenditures in 2011 ............ 16,000


Fidelity's income tax rate is 40%. At January 1, 2011, Fidelity's records indicated balances of zero and $12,000 in its deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability accounts, respectively.


Required:

1. Determine the amounts necessary to record income taxes for 2011 and prepare the appropriate journal entry.

2. What is Fidelity's 2011 net income?


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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0077400163

6th edition

Authors: J. David Spiceland, James Sepe, Mark Nelson

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