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Norfolk Southern operates in an industry for which NOL carryback is not allowed, and had the following pretax income (loss) over its first three years of operations
2019 | $ | 1,200,000 | ||
2020 | (900,000 | ) | ||
2021 | 1,500,000 | |||
For each year there were no deferred income taxes and the tax rate was 25%. No valuation account was deemed necessary for the
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