Puritan Corp. reported the following pretax accounting income and taxable income for its first three years of operations: Puritan's tax rate is 40% for all years. Puritan elected a loss carryback.
- As of December 31, 2018. Puritan was certain that it would recover the full tax benefit of the NOL that remained after the operating loss carryback.
What did Puritan report on December 31, 2018, as the deferred tax asset for the NOL carryforward?

Question

Puritan Corp. reported the following pretax accounting income and taxable income for its first three years of operations:  Puritan's tax rate is 40% for all years. Puritan elected a loss carryback.
- As of December 31, 2018. Puritan was certain that it would recover the full tax benefit of the NOL that remained after the operating loss carryback.
What did Puritan report on December 31, 2018, as the deferred tax asset for the NOL carryforward?

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($600,000 - 350,000) × 40% = $100,000