Accounting for Income Taxes and Losses
E Activity:
Go to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Website to review authoritative guidance on accounting for income taxes, located at http://www.ifrs.org. Note: In the search engine, type in “accounting for income taxes”. Be prepared to discuss
In a short answer form, From the e-Activity, compare and contrast the key similarities and differences
between GAAP and IFRS with respect to income tax accounting. Analyze two (2) tax
differences and determine which difference would provide the greatest tax
benefit to a corporation. Write a brief memo to the International Accounting
Standards Board (IASB) that will convince the board to adopt the tax method that
provides the greatest tax benefit to corporations.
- Differentiate between a loss carryback and loss carryforward. Explain the way in which carrybacks and carryforwards affect the reporting of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities. Provide one (1) example, situation, or scenario of this affection to support your response
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To: International Accounting Standards Boards
From: (Insert you name here)
Date: October 20, 2016
Subject: Tax method that benefits corporations
The accounting information system is usually guided by many accounting systems and some include the GAAP and IFRS systems. Both these systems follow the rule of double entry while filling out transactions of a company (Ault, and Arnold, 2010). The differences of these systems on deferred tax, in respect to the IFRS standards the deferred tax is classified as a non-current asset or liability, while for…..
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