Arreaga Corp. has a tax rate of 40 percent and income before non-operating items of $928,000. It also has the following items (gross amounts). Unusual loss $148,000 Extraordinary loss 404,000 Gain on disposal of equipment 32,000 Change in accounting principle increasing prior year's income 212,000 What is the amount of income tax expense Arreaga would report on its income statement?

$324,800

Explanation:

It is a general Principle that when calculating income tax expense, that the Extraordinary loss is treated separately because it is not a usual thing.

The income gained from changing the Accounting principle is not included as well.

The Taxable income to be recorded therefore is,

Taxable income = Income + Gain on disposal - Unusual loss (due to its infrequency)

Taxable income = 928,000 + 32,000 - 148,000

Taxable income = $812,000

Tax expense would therefore be,

= 812,000 * 40%

= $324,800

$324,800 is the amount of income tax expense Arreaga would report on its income statement.

b is the correct answer