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Spring Day Ltd has a piece of equipment that it has revalued to its fair value of $90 000 this period.It originally cost $80 000 and the accumulated depreciation for both accounting and tax purposes is $20 000.There is no intention to sell the equipment in the near future.The tax rate is 30%.What is the journal entry to reflect the revaluation's tax implications?


A) Dr Income tax expense $9000Cr Deferred tax liability $9000\begin{array}{|l|l|r|r|}\hline \mathrm{Dr} & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 9000 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Deferred tax liability } & & \$ 9000 \\\hline\end{array}
B) Dr Asset revaluation reserve $9000Cr Deferred tax liability $9000\begin{array}{|l|l|r|r|}\hline \mathrm{Dr} & \text { Asset revaluation reserve } & \$ 9000 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Deferred tax liability } & & \$ 9000 \\\hline\end{array}
C) Dr Deferred tax asset $9000Cr Asset revaluation reserve $9000\begin{array}{|l|l|r|r|}\hline \mathrm{Dr} & \text { Deferred tax asset } & \$ 9000 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Asset revaluation reserve } & & \$ 9000 \\\hline\end{array}
D) Dr Income tax expense $3000Cr Deferred tax liability $3000\begin{array}{|l|l|r|r|}\hline \mathrm{Dr} & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 3000 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Deferred tax liability } & & \$ 3000 \\\hline\end{array}

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