Question

Times-Roman Publishing Company reports the following amounts in its first three years of operation:

Answer 1

Answer:

Unearned subscription

2016 deferred tax asset

2017 deferred tax liability

2018 deferred tax asset

Explanation:

The balance sheet account is unearned  subscription which is a liability account,

It is a liability because the company already collected cass but is yet to provide the necessary services paid for the by the customers.

Earned subscription account is sales revenue account which is a profit and loss item.

                     ($'000)                    2016           2017               2018

taxable income                            $290           $220              $260

Pretax accounting income         ($250)         ($240)              ($230)

Deferred tax asset/(liability)        $40            ($20)               $30

When taxable income is more than pretax accounting income, the resulting effect is a deferred tax asset which shows that tax was charged on a higher taxable income which provides tax relief in future.

When pretax accounting income is higher,it implies that tax was calculated on a lower taxable income and that more tax would be incurred in the future when the temporary difference reverses.