In 2018, North Company rented a villa for three years and received a total of $60,000. The rent is earned equally over the period 2018-2020. For tax purposes, North should report the full $60,000 on 2018 tax return form. By year end, the company reported an income tax expense of $22,000 and income tax payable of $37,000.
In 2019, the company terminated a maintenance contract and agreed to pay $10,000 per year for 2019-2021. The total termination amount is fully deducted for financial reporting purposes and deducted as paid for tax purposes. The pretax financial income for 2019 is $90,000. The tax rates are 30% for 2018 and 35% for 2019. By end of 2019, the government announced the change of tax rate for future periods.

a. Prepare the journal entry to record income taxes for 2019.

b. Which approach have you applied in answering part (a)? what are the main objectives of this approach?