Reference no: EM131163397

The Milobar Corporation, a public company, provided you with the following information relative to its December 31, 20x4 year-end:

Net income before taxes                                                          $3,356,000

Included in the calculation of the above are the following items:

Depreciation expense                                                    1,567,000

Warranty expense                                                                     345,300

Pension expense                                                           578,000

Meals and entertainment expense                                         34,000

Dividends received from taxable Canadian corporations     12,500

Gain on disposal of equipment                                                25,000

Depreciation on finance lease                                                 234,500

Interest expense on finance lease                                         112,450

Additional information -

•the following information is available as of December 31, 20x3:

Net book value of PPE                                                             $13,657,800

Undepreciated capital cost                                                        9,345,000

Warranty liability                                                                             214,300

Pension asset                                                                                   432,000

At December 31, 20x3, the company had $300,000 of non-capital losses that can be utilized to reduce taxable income. Management believed that it was more likely than not that the losses would be utilized.• the following information is available for the 20x4 year:

Maximum CCA claim	$2,107,000
Warranty costs incurred	312,400
Contributions made to pension plan trustee	100,000
Lease payments on finance leases	385,400

The finances leases were signed during 20x4. There were no finance leases outstanding at December 31, 20x3.

There is no OCI relative to the pension plan.

• additions to PPE during the year were $1,200,000. One asset was disposed of. This asset had a carrying value of 8120,000 and an original cost of 8150,000.

• the company disposed of a major operating segment during the year. The disposal qualifies as a discontinued operation. The total pre-tax loss from operations and impairment loss on the segment is $454,200. This amount is not included in the net income before taxes.

• The company purchased an investment in 20x4 costing $150,000. The investment was classified as FVTOCI. The fair value of the investment at the end of the year is $200,000. No entries were made to account for the fair value change at December 31.

• The tax rate at December 31, 20x3 was 28%. The tax rate for the year ended December 31, 20x4 was 25% (this was not known at the end of 20x3). The tax rate for the year 20x5 is 23.5% and was enacted at the end of 20x4.

Required -
a. Calculate the current and deferred portion of income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 20x4. Write the journal entries to record both the current and deferred portions.

b. Prepare the bottom portion of the statement of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 20x4 starting with Net Income Before Taxes.