Problem 2-13 Loss Carryback and Carryforward

The Bookbinder Company has made $150,000 before taxes during each of the last 15 years, and it expects to make $150,000 a year before taxes in the future. However, in 2016 the firm incurred a loss of $600,000. The firm will claim a tax credit at the time it files its 2016 income tax return, and it will receive a check from the U.S. Treasury. Show how it calculates this credit, and then indicate the firm's tax liability for each of the next 5 years. Assume a 35% tax rate on all income to ease the calculations. Enter your answers as positive values. If an amount is zero, enter "0".

1. Prior Years	2014	2015
   Profit earned	$	$
   Carry-back credit	$	$
   Adjusted profit	$	$
   Tax previously paid (35%)	$	$
   Tax refund: Taxes previously paid	$	$

   Total check from U.S. Treasury $
2. Firm'staxliability2017:$
3. 2018:$
4. 2019:$
5. 2020:$
6. 2021:$