Ashley Company began operations in 2020. Ashleys pretax financial income for 2020 was $450,000. The tax law in 2020 says that the tax rate in 2020 is 25%, but it will be 20% in 2021 and in future years. Ashleys pretax financial income for 2020 contained the following items that are treated differently for financial purposes than they are for tax purposes: Differences Amount included in Pretax Financial Income Amount included in Taxable Income Difference1 1. Interest earned on State of Ohio Bonds. (Note: Interest on these bonds is exempt from Federal Income Tax.) $ 9,000 $ 0 $ 9,000 2. Gross profit on installment sales. 300,000 200,000 100,000 3. Warranty expense. 19,600 13,600 6,000 4. Depreciation on machinery. 20,000 200,000 180,000

1 Note: Each difference shown above is shown as an absolute value. Therefore, that number contains no information about whether that difference should be added or subtracted in preparing the reconciliation of pretax financial income to taxable income. You are responsible for deciding how each difference should be treated.

Instructions:

A. Prepare a reconciliation of pretax financial income to taxable income for Ashley Company for 2020.

B. Compute Ashleys Income Tax Payable as of the end of 2020.

C Compute the year-end balances in any deferred income tax asset and/or deferred income tax liability accounts that exist as of the end of 2020.

D. Compute Ashleys Income Tax Expense for 2020.