Smith Company reported pretax book income of $400,000. Included in the computation were favorable temporary differences of $50,000, unfavorable temporary differences of $20,000, and favorable permanent differences of $40,000. Smith's deferred income tax expense or benefit would be:

$10,200

Explanation:

The computation of the deferred income tax expense or benefit is shown below:

Favorable temporary difference = $50,000

Less:  Unfavorable temporary difference -$20,000

Net favorable temporary difference $30,000

We assume the tax rate is of 34%

So, the deferred tax expense is

= $30,000 × 34%

= $10,200

By finding out the net favorable temporary difference and then multiplied with the tax rate we can get the deferred tax expense and the same is shown above

the answer is a.

by: nicholas dooley