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Testbank Multiple Choice Question 59 Incorrect answer. Your answer is incorrect. Try again. Blossom Co. at the end of 2020, its first year of operations, prepared a reconciliation between pretax financial income and taxable income as follows: Pretax financial income $3550000 Estimated litigation expense 4550000 Extra depreciation for taxes (6540000) Taxable income $ 1560000 The estimated litigation expense of $4550000 will be deductible in 2021 when it is expected to be paid. Use of the depreciable assets will result in taxable amounts of $2180000 in each of the next 3 years. The income tax rate is 20% for all years. The deferred tax asset to be recognized is

Answer 1

$2,616,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Deferred tax liability part of the depreciation expenses that is deducted in the reconciliation. The deferred tax liability to be recognized can therefore be estimated as follows:

Deferred tax liability = $6,540,000 × 40% = $2,616,000

Therefore, the deferred tax asset to be recognized is $2,616,000 .