Lucent Technologies Deferred Taxation

Debt to Equity ℎℎ ′ 9,771+1,885 Dividend Payout Inventory Turnover = 0.069 Working backwards from the income tax expense, we estimate income tax rate to be 34%. NOPAT is then Operating profit taxes, or 3,137*(1-0.34) = 0.319 Average

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In both source one and source two, the author outlines the devastating effects of the burdens of heavy taxation, concentrating largely on the poor. Source 1, in particular, mentions the Nobility concentrating taxes on the poor, it says “The burden of taxes … at the expensive of their miserable neighbour” and one can assume the miserable neighbour in question is the destitute members of the third estate. Source 2 says, regarding the third estate in the countryside, “the would be immediately taxed, asked for road services or charges for labour and contributions of all kinds.” This demonstrates how the heavy taxation on the poorest members of society was noted by the third estate themselves as well as those who had merely witnessed the injustices

* $75M is deducted from equity through the creation of treasury stock, which is a contra-equity account.

Commutronics had not accumulated enough profits and had no sufficient capital reserves. The company’s registered capital was therefore very low. The withholding tax rate of

There presents some positive evidence to avoid the recording of valuation allowance. First, Packer, Inc has a profitable operation history from 1995 to 1997, despite a significant loss in 1994. This is agreed by FASB, which states that a “strong earnings history coupled with evidence indicating that the loss (for example, an unusual, infrequent, or extraordinary item) is an aberration rather than a continuing condition” is a piece of positive evidence (FASB 740-10-30-22). These profits may be carried forward into the future to offset net-operating loss. Secondly, Packer may not generate any significant U.S Federal tax net operating loss carry forwards in the near future because it has the ability to utilize tax planning, such as capitalization of R&D. Thirdly, Packer has never lost deferred tax benefits due to expiration of a US net operating loss carry-forwards.

Shareholder’s equity would be lower than that shown in 1982 ($318,000) because the company has to pay off interest and principal for many loans. There will be little money left for shareholder’s equity.

Issue 1 facts: As a result of implementing a certain tax strategy, the Company has included a $100

It is critical to understand that the transaction events which give rise to timing differences are economic in nature and therefore have economic consequences. The question then becomes how to best reflect those economic consequences in the financial statements. Inter-period income tax allocation considers the tax consequences of transaction events such as revenue, expenses, gains, and losses and associates these items with the period in which these events are recognized. In other words, inter-period tax allocation is consistent with the basic tenets of accrual accounting. Underlying this method is the understanding that there is a direct economic relationship between identifiable transactions reflected in the financial statements and related income tax effects (Arthur et al., 1984). Therefore, each transaction has a tax effect.

This memorandum is intended to communicate the deferred tax issues of Lucent Technologies Inc. on the basis of analysis of the veracity of the situation according to the reporting framework’s guidelines to anticipate unfavorable implications that had been resulted due to poor performance of the company over the past years. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the recognized body for making pronouncements as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAPs) in the United States. The FASB has promulgated Statement of Financial Accounting Standard # 103 “Accounting for Income Taxes” which specifically prescribes the treatment of income taxes of corporate entities and guidance for how deferred taxes should be

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, the client has encountered two complex issues related to accounting for income taxes. During the 2012 year-end audit, the auditors must use professional judgment with regard to these two income tax accounting issues. The first issue relates to

After all of this we also need to keep in mind the financing deals that they have made with the Patricorp Group of $312,500 In for 41% of the equity, and $625,000 in subordinate debt. That was the previous debt that I talked about in the previous paragraph. As of the current revenues of the company, and considering the actual payments needed to pay they need to continue to grow the company to keep up and service the debt they will inquire. It is critical that they are successful with the growth, so that they do not fault on their agreement and have to give up more equity in the company so that they can retain ownership.

In relation to the Cost of Goods Sold, Lucent faces the problem that some of their goods are

Balance Sheet: Assets, such as Cash and Cash equivalents are up over last year by $20.72 million dollars, whereas Short Term Investments where 0 at the end of 2013 they were slightly up to $1.12 by January 3, 2015. Other Assets shows a drop of $8.26 million dollars, mostly in Property, Plant and Equipment. Based on the 10-K report the balance sheet was in the thousands other web based financial reporting sites show the numbers to be in the millions. Upon further review of the Balance Sheet from the financial website “Watch” the break down in Property, Plant and Equipment shows the biggest difference in the Accumulated Depreciation. (Market Watch) The Vertical Ratio for 2014 Total Current Assets is 3% of the Total Assets and in 2013 was also 3%. The Horizontal Ratio for Total Asset were 37% reflecting a change from 2014 at $212.05 and 2013 $195.61 signaling a significant increase in 2014. The 2015 financial were not completed at the time of this report but the

Topics 1. Reconcile pretax financial income with taxable income. 2. Identify temporary and permanent differences. 3. Determine deferred income taxes and related items— single tax rate. 4. Classification of deferred taxes. 5. Determine deferred income taxes and related items— multiple tax rates, expected future income. 6. Determine deferred taxes, multiple rates, expected future losses. 7. Carryback and carryforward of NOL. 8. Change in enacted future tax rate. 9. Tracking temporary differences through reversal. 10. Income statement presentation. 9 8 16, 17, 18, 14, 21, 22 Questions 1, 13 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 13 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 15 10 Brief Exercises Exercises