LO.6 RoofCo reports total book income before taxes of $20 million and a total tax expense of $8 million. FloorCo reports book income before taxes of $30 million and a total tax expense of $12 million. The companies’ breakdown between current and deferred tax expense (benefit) is as follows:

RoofCo FloorCo Current tax expense $10.0 $13.0 Deferred tax benefit (2.0) (1.0)

Total tax expense $ 8.0 $12.0 RoofCo’s deferred tax benefit is from a deferred tax asset created because of differences in book and tax depreciation methods for equipment. FloorCo’s deferred tax benefit is created by the expected future use of an NOL. Compare and contrast these two companies’ effective tax rates. How are they similar? How are they different?