Compute geraldo taxable income


Problem: Geraldo, a calendar-year, accrual basis corporation, reported $931,000 net income before tax on its audited financial statements. Its records reveal the following information.

1. On February 1, Geraldo purchased a business and capitalized $500,000 of the cost to goodwill.

2. Book depreciation expense was $66,100, and MACRS depreciation was $77,800.

3. Geraldo paid an $18,500 premium for its employee group term life insurance plan and a $5,900 premium for its key-person life insurance policies.

4. Geraldo accrued a $35,000 expense for the estimated settlement of a breach-ofcontract suit that should go to court next year.

a. Compute Geraldo's taxable income.

b. Compute Geraldo's federal tax expense per books and federal tax payable.

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