Black, Inc

question 8

Essay

Black, Inc., is a domestic corporation with the following balance sheet for book and tax purposes at the end of the year.Assume a 21% corporate tax rate and no valuation allowance. Black, Inc.'s, gross deferred tax assets and liabilities at the beginning of Black's year are listed below.
Black, Inc.'s, book income before tax is $6,000.Black records two permanent book-tax differences.
It earned $250 in tax-exempt municipal bond interest, and it incurred $500 in nondeductible business meals expense.Calculate Black's current tax expense.

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