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You have been asked to reconcile accounting income to Division B income for tax purposes and to compute taxable income for your client, CNC PVT
You have been asked to reconcile accounting income to Division B income for tax purposes and to compute taxable income for your client, CNC PVT Ltd. The income statement for the year ended December 31, 2020 is shown below:
CNC PVT Ltd | |
Statement of Income | |
Year Ended December 31, 2020 | |
Sales | $4,780,000 |
Cost of sales | 3,560,000 |
Gross profit | $1,220,000 |
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Expenses: |
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Selling | $ 395,000 |
General and administrative | 305,000 |
Amortization | 230,000 |
Interest on long-term debt | 37,000 |
Other interest | 55,000 |
| $1,022,000 |
Other income: |
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Gain on sale of fixed asset | $ 1,900 |
Income from other investments | 109,000 |
| $ 110,900 |
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Income before income taxes | $ 308,900 |
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Income taxes: |
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Current | $ 93,000 |
Provision for future income taxes | 4,500 |
| $ 97,500 |
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Net income | $ 211,400 |
During your review of the working paper file and last years tax return, you have made the following notes to yourself, because you think that there might be tax implications associated with these items:
1. The December 31, 2020 finished goods inventory is stated net of a reserve for a possible decline in market value of $57,000.
2. Included in general and administrative expenses are the following transactions:
(a) | landscaping | $17,000 |
(b) | cost associated with the valuation of land | 2,800 |
(c) | donations consisting of $63,000 to registered charities and $1,000 to registered political parties | 64,000 |
(d) | premium for term life insurance policy on the president in which the company is the beneficiary and the policy is used as collateral for a bank operating line of credit | 22,200 |
(e) | memberships in private clubs for senior executives | 3,200 |
(f) | meals and entertainment with clients | 12,000 |
(g) | cost of employee training seminar to teach employees about new provincial workplace safety laws | 7,200 |
(h) | cost of seasonal holiday party to which all employees were invited | 17,700 |
(i) | warranty provision (actual warranty costs: $18,000) | 28,000 |
(j) | reserve for decline in value of marketable securities | 13,000 |
(k) | accrued bonuses, paid July 30, 2021 | 30,000 |
3. Included in interest expense on long-term debt and other interest are the following transactions:
(a) | bond interest paid to November 30, 2020 bond interest accrued to December 31, 2020 | $10,000 950 |
(b) | interest on deficient income tax instalments interest on late municipal property taxes | 1,200 500 |
4. Included in other income are the following transactions:
(a) sale of capital property
| Cost | Proceeds |
Truck (not class 10.1) | $ 80,000 | $25,000 |
Class 1 NRB (purchased Feb 2011) | 956,183 | 650,000 |
Building Class 1 | 50,000 | 37,200 |
Patent limited life Class 44* | 160,000 | 50,000 |
Computer system hardware** | 65,000 | 10,000 |
* This was the only asset in the class (Purchased 2017) |
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** No separate class used |
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(b) the gain on sale of fixed asset arose from the sale of an oil painting hung in the office of the Director of Taxation; the painting cost $18,000 in 2012 and was sold for $19,900
(c) income from other investments includes the receipt of a cash dividend of $7,500 from the subsidiary corporation
5. The company had the following balances in its tax accounts on January 1, 2020:
Class 1 | $225,000 |
Class 1-NRB Class 8 | 615,048 55,000 |
Class 10 | 354,000 |
Class 12 | Nil |
Class 44 | 78,750 |
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6. The following purchases of assets were purchased also in February 2020.
office furniture | $ 1,000 |
computer system hardware | 55,000 |
applications software | 12,000 |
7. The balances in the following tax accounts on January 1, 2020 were:
charitable donations carry forward from 2016 | $ 7,000 |
non-capital loss carry forward from 2017 | 97,000 |
net capital loss from 1999 | 1,800 |
Required:
a)Prepare the requested reconciliation and compute taxable income.(25 Marks)
b) Show all the calculation of CCA (10 Marks)
c) List under the heading Omitted, with a very brief explanation why, any of the above items which were omitted from the reconciliation. (5 Marks)
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