The pretax financial income (or loss) figures for Metals, Inc. are as follows.

2011 .........$ 90,000

2012 ......... 65,000

2013 ......... 40,000

2014 ......... (230,000)

2015 ......... 70,000

2016 ......... (50,000)

2017 ......... 80,000

Pretax financial income (or loss) and taxable income (loss) were the same for all years involved. Assume a 40% tax rate for 2011 and 2012 and a 35% tax rate for the remaining years.

Instructions

Prepare the journal entries for the years 2014 to 2017 to record income tax expense and the effects of the net operating loss carrybacks and carryforwards assuming Metals, Inc. uses the carryback provision. All income and losses relate to normal operations. (In recording the benefits of a loss carryforward, assume that no valuation account is deemed necessary.)