Question: Problem 1 ABC Co. establishes a liability at the end of 2020 for the estimated litigation settlement for manufacturing defects of: $ 150,000,000 All related
Problem 1
| ABC Co. establishes a liability at the end of 2020 for the estimated | |
| litigation settlement for manufacturing defects of: | $ 150,000,000 |
| All related costs will be paid and deducted on the tax return in 2021. | |
| Also, at the end of 2020, the company has: | |
| Temporary differences due to excess depreciation for tax purposes | $ 70,000,000 |
| The amount of the temporary differences to be reversed in 2021 | $ 12,000,000 |
| The enacted tax rate for all years is: | 25% |
| In 2020, the company paid taxes of | $ 30,000,000 |
| ABC expects to have taxable income in 2021. | |
| Assume that the only deferred tax account at the beginning of 2020 was | |
| a deferred tax liability of | $ 6,500,000 |
| Draft the income tax expense portion of the income statement for 2020. | |
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