Avoid Losses: Evidence of Use of the Net Deferred Tax Asset Account David Burgstahler* University of Washington Gerhard G. Mueller Endowed Professor in Accounting W. Brooke Elliott University of Washington Michelle Hanlon University of Michigan Business School November 26, 2002 _________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT: This paper investigates whether firms use discretion in accounting for deferred taxes to increase earnings and avoid reporting
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* LOL Tax Related Balances as of December 31, 2010 * $150mm Deferred Tax Asset * $105mm Valuation Allowance * Sundance Tax Related Balances as of Acquisition Date * $200mm Deferred Tax Asset * $200mm Valuation Allowance * Acquisition Date Decisions * Remove LOL Valuation Allowance of $105mm * Remove $150mm Valuation Allowance from Sundance books * Subsequent Information as of December 31, 2012 * Sundanced Valuation Allowance is unnecessary
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Heading 2 Financial reporting in an uncertain economy A closer look at income tax valuation allowances October 2009 Additional text goes here. Heading 3 Additional text goes here. Notwithstanding early signs that the global recession may be waning, the uncertain economic future continues to constrict corporate America. As companies continue to incur losses, focus has heightened on income tax valuation allowance assessments by companies and their auditors, as well as the Securities and Exchange
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EVALUATING THE VALUATION ALLOWANCE Christine Czekai Bauman, Assistant Professor, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin John W. Gribble, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Jersey City, New Jersey Terry D. Warfield, Associate Professor, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Brett Jones is a senior accountant with the accounting firm of BGW. On a recent audit engagement, Brett was assigned the task of evaluating the deferred tax accounting for Packer Inc. The company
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valuing the deferred tax asset account? Following are some factors that might be considered in evaluating the deferred tax asset amount that will be recognized. • Evidence of sufficient future taxable income, exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards, to realize the benefit of the deferred tax asset. • Evidence of sufficient future taxable income arising from the reversals of existing taxable temporary differences (deferred tax liabilities) to realize the benefit of the tax asset
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Handout 1 — LOL Draft Income Statement and Excerpt From Tax Footnote as of December 31, 2010 |LOL Corporation | |CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS | |Years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008 | |(in thousands)
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Rigorous or Not?: A Case of Auditor Judgment for Deferred Tax Issues Case Study Rigorous or Not?: A Case of Auditor Judgment for Deferred Tax Issues Jan Taylor Morris, PhD, CPA Riggers Inc (“Riggers, “client, or “Company”) is audited by Stone LLC CPA firm (“Stone” or “auditor”). The Compa” ” ny builds and owns offshore drilling rigs. Riggers is a US-based corporation that recently expanded its operations into Brazil (the only foreign-based operations for Riggers). As a result of this expansion
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Rigorous or Not?: A Case of Auditor Judgment for Deferred Tax Issues Case Study Rigorous or Not?: A Case of Auditor Judgment for Deferred Tax Issues Jan Taylor Morris, PhD, CPA Riggers Inc (“Riggers, “client, or “Company”) is audited by Stone LLC CPA firm (“Stone” or “auditor”). The Compa” ” ny builds and owns offshore drilling rigs. Riggers is a US-based corporation that recently expanded its operations into Brazil (the only foreign-based operations for Riggers). As a result of this expansion
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– Citizens First Bancorp, Inc. In 2009 Citizens First Bancorp, Inc. was forced to restate their earnings in the first and second quarters. The first quarter was revised due to “an accounting error on a $7.5 million impairment of its deferred tax valuation allowance” (Barba, R. October 20, 2009). The second quarter revision was a regulatory action by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which involved allegations of “inappropriate behavior at the company, including removing unfavorable appraisals
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both intraperiod and interperiod tax allocation. Intraperiod allocation matches a portion of the provision for income tax to the applicable components of net income and retained earnings. Income for federal tax purposes and financial accounting income frequently differ. Income for federal tax purposes is computed in accordance with the prevailing tax laws, whereas financial accounting income is determined in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, a company’s income tax expense and income taxes payable
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