Black, Inc., is a domestic corporation with the following balance sheet for book and tax purposes at the end of the year. Assume a 35% corporate tax rate and no valuation allowance. Black, Inc.'s, book income before tax is $6,000. Black records two permanent book-tax differences. It earned $250 in tax-exempt municipal bond interest, and it incurred $500 in nondeductible meals and entertainment expense. Calculate Black's current tax expense.

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Black, Inc., is a domestic corporation with the following balance sheet for book and tax purposes at the end of the year. Assume a 35% corporate tax rate and no valuation allowance.  Black, Inc.'s, book income before tax is $6,000. Black records two permanent book-tax differences. It earned $250 in tax-exempt municipal bond interest, and it incurred $500 in nondeductible meals and entertainment expense. Calculate Black's current tax expense.

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The Answer of Black, Inc., is a domestic corporation with the following balance sheet for book and tax purposes at the end of the year. Assume a 35% corporate tax rate and no valuation allowance.  Black, Inc.'s, book income before tax is $6,000. Black records two permanent book-tax differences. It earned $250 in tax-exempt municipal bond interest, and it incurred $500 in nondeductible meals and entertainment expense. Calculate Black's current tax expense.