Question

Costello Corporation reported pretax book income of $502,000. During the current year, the reserve for bad debts increased by $9,000. In addition, tax depreciation exceeded book depreciation by $42,000. Finally, Costello received $4,000 of tax-exempt life insurance proceeds from the death of one of its officers. Costello's deferred income tax expense or benefit would be:________.

Answer 1

Answer: $11220

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the scenario in the question, first, we.have to calculate the difference in net tax which will be:

= $42000 - $9000

= $33,000

Using a tax rate of let's say 34%, Costello's deferred income tax expense would be:

= $33,000 × 34%

= $33000 × 0.34

= $11220