During 2021, its first year of operations, Baginski Steel Corporation reported a net operating loss of $424,000 for financial reporting and tax purposes. The enacted tax rate is 25%. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entry to recognize the income tax benefit of the net operating loss. Assume the weight of available evidence suggests that future taxable income will be sufficient to benefit from future deductible amounts arising from the net operating loss carryforward. 2. Show the lower portion of the 2021 income statement that reports the income tax benefit of the net operating loss.

Income tax benefit
Operating loss before income taxes
Net loss	$0

On January 1, 2018, Ameen Company purchased major pieces of manufacturing equipment for a total of $42 million. Ameen uses straight-line depreciation for financial statement reporting and deducted 100% of the equipments cost for income tax reporting in 2018. At December 31, 2020, the book value of the equipment was $36 million. At December 31, 2021, the book value of the equipment was $32 million. There were no other temporary differences and no permanent differences. Pretax accounting income for 2021 was $56 million. Required: 1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record Ameens 2021 income taxes. Assume an income tax rate of 25%. 2. What is Ameens 2021 net income?