United States Tax

Submit your solution to the problem in an Excel file. Explain your answer as necessary and be sure your calculations are clearly shown. For calendar year 2020, ABC Corporation has a book income before taxes of $500,000. Included in that figure are: bad debt expense of $24,600 (accounts actually written off, $19,800); $3,600 of traffic tickets incurred by delivery drivers; dividend income from large public companies of $12,000. Promotional expense includes a $3,000 contest prize won by a customer in 2020 but not paid until January of 2021. On the books, the company has accrued a loss of $50,000 related to an injury lawsuit by a customer. This lawsuit has not yet gone to trial. Required: Compute ABC's taxable income for 2020. Use a reconciliation format, adjusting book income for any differences between book and tax income