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question 49

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Hopkins Co.at the end of 2010, its first year of operations, prepared a reconciliation between pretax financial income and taxable income as follows:

The estimated litigation expense of $1,000,000 will be deductible in 2011 when it is expected to be paid.Use of the depreciable assets will result in taxable amounts of $500,000 in each of the next three years.The income tax rate is 30% for all years.
-Eckert Corporation's partial income statement after its first year of operations is as follows:

Eckert uses the straight-line method of depreciation for financial reporting purposes and accelerated depreciation for tax purposes.The amount charged to depreciation expense on its books this year was $1,500,000.No other differences existed between book income and taxable income except for the amount of depreciation.Assuming a 30% tax rate, what amount was deducted for depreciation on the corporation's tax return for the current year?

• A)$1,200,000
• B)$1,425,000
• C)$1,500,000
• D)$1,800,000

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