On January 2, Year 1, Ross Co. purchased a machine for $70,000. This machine has a 5-year useful life, a residual value of $10,000, and is depreciated using the straight-line method for financial statement purposes. For tax purposes, depreciation expense was $25,000 for Year 1 and $20,000 for Year 2. Ross' Year 2 income, before income taxes and depreciation expense, was $100,000 and its tax rate was 30%. If Ross had made no estimated tax payments during Year 2, what amount of current income tax liability would Ross report in its December 31, Year 2, balance sheet?
a.$25,800
b.$22,500
c.$24,000 CORRECT
d.$26,400
I thought the temporary difference is the difference between tax and book depreciation. Why are they using the entire 20 year 2 depreciation to calculate the current yr2 tax liability?
BEC - PASSED
AUD - 8/29/16
FAR - TBS
REG - TBS