Problem:
My company lost $600,000 during 2004(its net income was -$600,000). The corporate tax rate is 40 percent. The company paid the following amount in taxes over the past five years:
Year Taxes Paid
1999 $ 50,000
2000 75,000
2001 60,000
2002 40,000
2003 160,000
Assume that current carry back and carry forward provisions were available in prior years. Showing the computatin what will be my company's tax credit or tax payment for 2004?