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Bronson Industries reported a deferred tax liability of $5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, related to a temporary difference of $20 million. The tax rate was 25%. The temporary difference is expected to reverse in 2022, at which time the deferred tax liability will become payable. There are no other temporary differences in 20202022. Assume a new tax law is enacted in 2021 that causes the tax rate to change from 25% to 15% beginning in 2022. (The rate remains 25% for 2021 taxes.) Taxable income in 2021 is $30 million. Required: 1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record Bronsons income tax expense in 2021. 2. What effect, will enacting the change in the 2022 tax rate, have on Bronsons 2021 net income?

At the end of 2020, Payne Industries had a deferred tax asset account with a balance of $25 million attributable to a temporary book-tax difference of $100 million in a liability for estimated expenses. At the end of 2021, the temporary difference is $64 million. Payne has no other temporary differences. Taxable income for 2021 is $180 million and the tax rate is 25%. Payne has a valuation allowance of $10 million for the deferred tax asset at the beginning of 2021. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entry(s) to record Paynes income taxes for 2021, assuming it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be realized in full. 2. Prepare the journal entry(s) to record Paynes income taxes for 2021, assuming it is more likely than not that only one-fourth of the deferred tax asset ultimately will be realized.