E19-15B (Continued)
(b) Income Tax Expense …………………………..…………. 225,000
Deferred Tax Asset ………………………………….. 30,000
Income Tax Payable ………………………………… 195,000
Allowance to Reduce Deferred Tax Asset
Cumulative Future Taxable
(Deductible) Amounts
Deferred tax asset at the end of 2014 …………………………….. $(225,000)
Valuation account needed at the end of 2014 …………………. $ 112,500
Valuation account balance at the beginning of 2014 ………. 125,000
Decrease in valuation account during 2014 ……………………. $ 12,500
Note: Although not requested by the instructions, the pretax financial
income can be computed by completing the following reconciliation:
Pretax financial income for 2014 …………………………………. $ X