Over the last five years, corporation A has been consistently profitable.

Its earnings before taxes were as follows:

a. If the corporate tax rate was 25 percent, what were the firm’s income taxes for each year?
b. Unfortunately, in year 6 the firm experienced a major decline in sales, which resulted in a loss of $10,800. What impact will the loss have on the firm’s taxes for each year if the permitted carryback is two years?

Year Earnings $1,000 3,000 4,300 5,200 4,400