Calculate the income tax expense

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Mr Tom White, the president of White Crane Importing Ltd (WCIL), informed you that his firm has an accounting profit before tax (PBT) of $800,000, the corporate tax rate is 25.0 percent, and (during the tax year) WCIL experienced and journalised the following items:

i. The WCIL sales people spent $35,000 entertaining customers.
ii. WCIL won $60,000 in a lottery.
iii. Goodwill was found to be impaired and was written down by $45,000.
iv. Prepaid rent of $200,000 was paid for a new warehouse that will be used in the following tax year.
v. An accounting depreciation expense of $100,000 and for tax purposes will claim depreciation of $180,000.
vi. An accounting Warranty Expense of $210,000 and actual payouts for warranty costs of $260,000.
vii. Long-service leave was accrued for accounting purposes at $110,000 and the Long-service leave paid was $65,000.
viii. The Bad Debt Expense for accounting purposes was $70,000 and during the year $65,000 in Accounts Receivable (A/R) was written-off.

Required:

a) Calculate the Income Tax Expense and the Income Tax Payable (show the workings).

b) Write a memo to Mr. White that gives him the Income Tax Expense, the Income Tax Payable, and the difference between those two values. Also, name that difference and explain whether its attributes are the same as any other asset/(liability)?

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