Oriole Company Reported Pretax Net Income from Continuing Operations of $1,000,000

question 104

Essay

Oriole Company reported pretax net income from continuing operations of $1,000,000 and taxable income of $1,200,000. The unfavorable book-tax difference of $200,000 was due to a $200,000 favorable temporary difference relating to depreciation, an unfavorable temporary difference of $300,000 due to an increase in the reserve for bad debts, and a $100,000 unfavorable permanent difference from the disallowance of compensation expense related to the exercise of incentive stock options.
a. Compute Oriole's current income tax expense.
b. Compute Oriole's deferred income tax expense or benefit.
c. Compute Oriole's effective tax rate.
d. Provide a reconciliation of Oriole's effective tax rate with its hypothetical tax rate of 21 percent.

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Definitions:

Adjusting Entry

Journal entries made in accounting at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditures to the period in which they actually occurred.

Note Payable

A written promise to pay a specified amount of money, typically with interest, at a future date or dates.

Fiscal Year

A one-year period that companies and governments use for financial reporting and budgeting, which may not coincide with the calendar year.

Quick Ratio

A liquidity measure that evaluates a company's ability to cover its current liabilities with its most liquid assets, excluding inventory.