Question

Crane Company deducts insurance expense of $207000 for tax purposes in 2021, but the expense is not yet recognized for accounting purposes. In 2022, 2023, and 2024, no insurance expense will be deducted for tax purposes, but $69000 of insurance expense will be reported for accounting purposes in each of these years. Crane Company has a tax rate of 20% and income taxes payable of $178000 at the end of 2021. There were no deferred taxes at the beginning of 2021. Assuming that income taxes payable for 2022 is $236000, the income tax expense for 2022 would be what amount? $277400 $222200 $249800 $236000

Answer 1

$277,400

Step-by-step explanation:

Data provided as per the question

Insurance expenses = $207,000

Tax rate = 20%

The computation of income tax expense is given below:-

Income tax expenses = Insurance expenses × Tax rate + Taxes payable

= $207,000 × 20% + $236,000

= $41,400 + $236,000

= $277,400

Therefore for computing the income tax expense we simply multiply the insurance expenses with tax rate.