Warranty Liability and Taxable Income

Carrot Company has been profitable in the past and expects to remain profitable in the future. Carrot sells a product for which it provides a 5-year warranty. For financial reporting purposes, Carrot estimates its future warranty costs and records a warranty expense and liability at year-end, whereas for income tax purposes the company deducts its warranty costs when paid. At the beginning of the current year, Carrot had a deferred tax asset of $500 related to the warranty liability on its balance sheet. At the end of the current year, the company estimates that its ending warranty liability is $2,000.

Carrot had current year taxable income of $10,000 and is subject to an enacted future tax rate of 30%.

Prepare a schedule to compute Carrot's (a) ending future deductible amount, (b) ending deferred tax asset, and (c) change in deferred tax asset for the current year (deferred tax benefit). For those boxes in which you must enter subtractive or negative number, use a minus sign.