Saturday 6 August 2016

Melissa Inc. reports accounting income of $105,000 for 2011

Melissa Inc. reports accounting income of $105,000 for 2011. The following items cause taxable income to be different than income reported on the financial statements.
1. Capital cost allowance (on the tax return) is greater than depreciation on the income statement by $16,000.
2. Rent reported on the tax return is $24,000 higher than rent earned on the income statement.
3. Non-deductible fines for pollution appear as an expense of $15,000 on the income statement.
4. Melissa’s tax rate is 30% for all years and the company expects to report taxable income in all future years. There are no future taxes at the beginning of 2011. Melissa reports under the PE GAAP future income taxes method.

Instructions
(a) Calculate taxable income and income taxes payable for 2011.
(b) Calculate any future income tax balances at December 31, 2011.
(c) Prepare the journal entries to record income taxes for 2011.
(d) Prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2011, beginning with the line “Income before income taxes.”
(e) Reconcile the statutory and effective rates of income tax for 2011.
(f) Provide the balance sheet presentation for any resulting future tax balance sheet accounts at December 31, 2011. Be specific about the classification.
(g) Repeat part (f) assuming Melissa follows IFRS.


(a)
Accounting income                                $105,000
Permanent differences:
    Non-deductible fines                           15,000
                                                  120,000
Reversing differences:
    Excess of CCA over depreciation              (16,000 )
    Excess rent collected over rent earned        24,000
Taxable income                                   $128,000
Current income taxes – 30%                       $38,400

(b)

 


Deductible






Balance


(Taxable)




Future Tax
Current
Sheet

Temporary


Tax

Asset

Long-
Account

Differences

X
Rate

(Liability)
Term
PP & E

($16,000)*


30%

($4,800)

   LT


Unearned









   Rent revenue

  24,000


30%

    7,200
C

Future income tax asset, Dec. 31, 2011     2,400
Future income tax asset before adjustment               0
Incr. in future income tax asset and future
 income tax benefit for 2011             $2,400

 

* Carrying amount and tax basis are not given in the exercise, only the net difference is provided.

(c) Current Income Tax Expense............   38,400      
        Income Tax Payable................         38,400
   
    Future Income Tax Asset............... 7,200*
        Future Income Tax Benefit.........          2,400
        Future Income Tax Liability.......         4,800*
*or a net debit to Future Income Tax Asset of $2,400

Because of a flat tax rate, these totals can be reconciled:
($24,000 – $16,000) X 30% = $7,200 + ($4,800).

 (d) Income before income taxes                   $105,000
    Income tax expense
        Current                     $38,400             
        Future benefit             (2,400 )      36,000
    Net income                                    $69,000

(e)



Divided by



 Accounting


@ 30%
 Income
Accounting income
 $  105,000
    $ 31,500
30.0%
Non-deductible fines
       15,000
         4,500
4.3%


    $ 36,000
34.3%




Effective tax rate ($36,000/$105,000)
34.3%



(f)  Current assets
        Future income tax asset          $7,200
     Non-Current liabilities
        Future Income Tax Liability       4,800

(g)  Non-current assets
            Future income tax asset                       $2,400