Question: Background information The profit before tax, reported in the statement of comprehensive income of Initech Ltd for the year ended 30 June 2022 amounted to:

Background information

The profit before tax, reported in the statement of comprehensive income of Initech Ltd for the year ended 30 June

2022

amounted to:

17,920,000

Service revenue

560,000

Prize money

1,008,000

Doubtful debts expense

112,000

Depreciation (Vehicle)

1,092,000

Depreciation (Buildings)

179,000

Maintenance expense

504,000

Warranties expense

336,000

Insurance expense

168,000

Government issued fine

280,000

The draft statements of financial position of the company at 30 June 2022 and 2021 showed the following assets and liabilities:

2022 ($)

2021 ($)

Assets

Cash

1,176,000

1,288,000

Inventory

2,520,000

2,296,000

Accounts receivable

7,280,000

6,944,000

Allowance for doubtful debts

(582,000)

(537,000)

Prepaid insurance

313,000

291,000

Vehicle

7,280,000

7,280,000

Accumulated depreciation - Vehicle

(4,368,000)

(3,276,000)

Buildings

4,480,000

4,480,000

Accumulated depreciation - Buildings

(1,792,000)

(1,612,000)

Land

2,800,000

2,800,000

Patents

1,120,000

1,120,000

Deferred tax asset

?

166,200

Liabilities

Accounts payable

4,256,000

3,808,000

Provision for maintenance

896,000

672,000

Provision for warranties

616,000

448,000

Service revenue received in advance

392,000

280,000

Deferred tax liability

?

0

Additional Information:

Service revenue is tax assessable when it is received in cash

Prize money is not tax assessable

Doubtful debts are tax deductible when the company actually incurs bad debts/write off

For accounting purpose, the vehicle is depreciated using the annual straight line method at a rate of:

15%

For tax purpose, however, the vehicle is depreciated using the annual straight line method at a rate of:

20%

Depreciation of buildings is not allowed as tax deductions and patents are not tax assesable

Warranties are tax deductible when they are paid in cash to affected customers

insurance expense and maintenance expense are tax deductible when paid in cash

Government issued fine is not allowed as tax deduction

Assume a tax rate for the financial years ending 30 June 2021 and 2022 to be:

30%

Required:

Calculate the taxable income/tax loss and the current tax liability (if any) for the financial year ended 30 June 2022.

Prepare a journal entry to recognise the current tax liability/tax loss.

Calculate deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability balances as at 30 June 2022.

Prepare the deferred tax journal entries for the year ended 30 June 2022.

Note that you are NOT required to prepare journals to offset the deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability balances.

Show your calculation using deferred tax worksheets by creating separate columns for:

carrying amount, tax base, taxable temporary differences and deductible temporary differences.

Assume that by 1 December 2022 there was a change in tax rate to:

27.50%

With reference to AASB112 Income Taxes, discuss the accounting treatment of the deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability

balances as at 1 December 2022 following a lower tax threshold for the 2022-2023 financial year.

Prepare the journal entries to record the effect of change in tax rate.

(18 + 23 + 9 = 50 marks)

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