q 21

Smith Corporation owns only 25 percent of the voting stock of Jones Corporation, but exercises significant influence over its operating and financial policies. The tax effect of differences between taxable income and pretax accounting income attributable to undistributed earnings of Jones Corporation should be

		Accounted for as a timing difference
		Accounted for as a permanent difference
		Ignored because it must be based on estimates and assumptions
		Ignored because Smith holds less than 51 percent of the voting stock of Jones