s pretax financial income of $68,400 for 2020. The following items cause taxable income to be different than pretax financial income. 1.   Depreciation on the tax return is greater than depreciation on the income statement by $17,000. 2.   Rent collected on the tax return is greater than rent recognized on the income statement by $21,000. 3.   Fines for pollution appear as an expense of $10,300 on the income statement.

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Grouper Company reports pretax financial income of $68,400 for 2020. The following items cause taxable income to be different than pretax financial income.

1.   Depreciation on the tax return is greater than depreciation on the income statement by $17,000.
2.   Rent collected on the tax return is greater than rent recognized on the income statement by $21,000.
3.   Fines for pollution appear as an expense of $10,300 on the income statement.

Grouper’s tax rate is 30% for all years, and the company expects to report taxable income in all future years. There are no deferred taxes at the beginning of 2020.

(a)

 
 
Compute taxable income and income taxes payable for 2020.

Taxable income  
$enter a dollar amount
Income taxes payable  
$enter a dollar amount
 
 

(b)

 
 
Prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2020. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
enter an account title
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
 
 

(c)

 
 
Prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2020, beginning with the line “Income before income taxes.” (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)

Grouper Company
Income Statement (Partial)
choose the accounting period
 
select an income statement item
 
 
$enter a dollar amount
select an opening section name
 
   
select an income statement item
 
$enter a dollar amount
 
select an income statement item
 
enter a dollar amount
 
   
enter a subtotal of the two previous amounts
select a closing name for this statement
 
 
$enter a total net income or loss amount
 
 

(d)

 
 
Compute the effective income tax rate for 2020. (Round answer to 1 decimal places, e.g. 25.5%.)

Effective income tax rate  
enter the Effective income tax rate in percentages rounded to 1 decimal place
 %
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