Preparing journal entries for income tax expense. An electric utility reports the following information about its income

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Preparing journal entries for income tax expense. An electric utility reports the following information about its income taxes for three recent years (amount in millions):


Components of Income Tax Expense Currently Payable 2007 2006 2008 S(96) $415 $ 46 (74) Deferred Total Income Tax Expense


(a) Give the journal entries to record income tax expense for 2006, 2007, and 2008.
(b) Describe the likely reasons for the pattern of taxes currently payable and deferred for each year. Assume that deferred taxes relate primarily to depreciation temporary differences. The effective tax rate was relatively stable for the threeyears.

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Financial Accounting an introduction to concepts, methods and uses

ISBN: 978-0324789003

13th Edition

Authors: Clyde P. Stickney, Roman L. Weil, Katherine Schipper, Jennifer Francis

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