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Mighty Motors Ltd Offers a Warranty on All the Spare

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Mighty Motors Ltd offers a warranty on all the spare parts it sells.This period the accrued warranty is $5000.For tax purposes there is no deduction for the warranty until payments are made.Mighty Motors also has equipment that has a useful life for accounting purposes of 4 years and for tax purposes 3 years.The equipment was purchased at the beginning of the current period,cost $9000 and has no residual value.The straight-line method of depreciation is used for both accounting and tax purposes.The accounting profit before tax this period is $80 000.The tax rate is 30%.What are the journal entries to record the tax expense and tax payable?


A)
 Dr  Deferred tax asset $1500Cr Income tax expense $1500Dr Income tax expense $225Cr Deferred tax liability $225 Dr  Income tax expense $25275Cr Tax payable $25275\begin{array}{l}\begin{array}{|c|l|r|r|}\hline \text { Dr } & \text { Deferred tax asset } & \$ 1500 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Income tax expense } & & {\$ 1500} \\\hline\end{array}\\\\\begin{array}{|c|l|r|r|}\hline \mathrm{Dr} & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 225 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Deferred tax liability } & & \$ 225 \\\hline\end{array}\\\\\begin{array}{|l|l|r|r|}\hline \text { Dr } & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 25275 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Tax payable } & & \$ 25275 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}
B)
 Dr  Deferred tax asset $225Cr Income tax expense $225Dr Income tax expense $1500Cr Deferred tax liability $1500Dr Income tax expense $24000Cr Tax payable $24000\begin{array}{|c|l|r|r|}\hline \text { Dr } & \text { Deferred tax asset } & \$ 225 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Income tax expense } & & {\$ 225} \\\hline & & \\\hline \mathrm{Dr} & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 1500 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Deferred tax liability } & & \$ 1500 \\\hline & & \\\hline \mathrm{Dr} & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 24000 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Tax payable } & & \$ 24000 \\\hline\end{array}
C)
 Dr  Deferred tax asset $5000Cr Income tax expense $5000Dr Income tax expense $750Cr Deferred tax liability $750Dr Income tax expense $25275Cr Tax payable $25275\begin{array}{|c|l|r|r|}\hline \text { Dr } & \text { Deferred tax asset } & \$ 5000 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Income tax expense } & & {\$ 5000} \\\hline & &\\\hline \mathrm{Dr} & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 750 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Deferred tax liability } & & \$ 750 \\\hline & & & \\\hline \mathrm{Dr} & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 25275 & \\\hline \mathrm{Cr} & \text { Tax payable } & & \$ 25275 \\\hline\end{array}
D)
Dr Income tax expense $1500Cr Deferred tax asset $1500Dr Income tax expense $225Cr Deferred tax liability $225Dr Income tax expense $24000Cr Tax payable $24000\begin{array} { | c | l | r | r | } \hline \mathrm { Dr } & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 1500 & \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Deferred tax asset } & & \$ 1500 \\\hline & & & \\\hline \mathrm { Dr } & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 225 & \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Deferred tax liability } & & \$ 225 \\\hline & & & \\\hline \mathrm { Dr } & \text { Income tax expense } & \$ 24000 & \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Tax payable } & & \$ 24000 \\\hline\end{array}

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