Question

Reconciliation of pretax accounting income and taxable income: Pretax accounting income $ 179,000 Permanent differences (16,100 ) 162,900 Temporary difference-depreciation (11,100 ) Taxable income $ 151,800 Cumulative future taxable amounts all from depreciation temporary differences: As of December 31, 2020 $ 14,000 As of December 31, 2021 $ 25,100 The enacted tax rate was 27% for 2020 and thereafter. What should Kent report as the current portion of its income tax expense in the year 2021

Answer 1

Answer:

the current portion of the income tax expense is $40,986

Explanation:

The computation of the current portion of the income tax expense is shown below:

= Taxable income × enacted tax rate

= $151,800 × 27%

= $40,986

hence the current portion of the income tax expense is $40,986

We simply applied the above formula