McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 3rd Edition by Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

Exercise 29

Saginaw, Inc.completed its first year of operations with a pre-tax loss of $500,000.The tax return showed a net operating loss of $600,000, which the Company will carry forward.The $100,000 book-tax difference results from excess tax depreciation over book depreciation.Management has determined that they should record a valuation allowance equal to the net deferred tax asset.Assuming the current tax expense is zero, prepare the journal entries to record the deferred tax provision and the valuation allowance.