Question 1

Murphy Company purchased equipment for $450,000 on January 2, 2020, its first day of operations. For book purposes, the equipment will be depreciated using the straight-line method over three years with no salvage value. Pretax financial income and taxable income are as follows:

2020 2021 2022

Pretax financial income $224,000 $260,000 $300,000

Taxable income 184,000 260,000 340,000

The temporary difference between pretax financial income and taxable income is due to the use of accelerated depreciation for tax purposes.

Instructions

(a) Prepare the journal entries to record income taxes for all three years (expense, deferrals, and liabilities) assuming that the enacted tax rate applicable to all three years is 20%.

(b) Prepare the journal entries to record income taxes for all three years (expense, deferrals, and liabilities) assuming that the enacted tax rate as of 2020 is 20% but that in the middle of 2021, Congress raises the income tax rate to 25% retroactive to the beginning of 2021.