Question

Sweet Acacia Industries reported income taxes of $339,324,400 on its 2017 income statement and income taxes payable of $274,010,600 at December 31, 2016, and $563,181,600 at December 31, 2017. What amount of cash payments were made for income taxes during 2017?

Answer 1

$50,153,400

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula is to increase the income tax expense for the year by any decrease in income tax payable or decrease income tax expense by any increase in income tax payable for the year

Step 1: Calculate the Increase/Decrease in Income tax payable from 2016-2017

=Income tax Payable for 2017= $563,181,600

Income tax Payable for 2016= $274,010,600

=563,181,600-274,010,600= $289,171,000 - This represents an increase in income tax payable from 2016-2017

Step 2: Decrease the Reported Income Tax by the Increase in Income Tax payable as calculated in Step 1.

= $339,324,400-$289,171,000= $50,153,400

Cash Payments made for Income Taxes During 2017 is $50,153,400