The income tax footnote to the financial statements of FedEx Corporation follows.

The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended May 31 were as follows:

a. What is the amount of income tax expense reported in FedEx's 2007, 2006 and 2005 income statements?

b. What percentage of total tax expense is currently payable in each of 2005,2006 , and 2007? Explain why the percentages are different each year.

c. One possible reason for the \(\$ 90\) million federal deferred tax expense in 2007 is that deferred tax liabilities increased during that year. Provide an example that gives rise to an increase in the deferred tax liability.

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($ millions) Current provision Domestic 2007 2006 2005 Federal $ 829 $ 719 $634 State and local 72 79 65 Foreign... 174 132 103 1,075 930 802