Deferred TaxesEssay title: Deferred TaxesDue to contingent liabilities, many companies report different amounts of income on their income statement than on their income tax return, which leads to deferred income tax balances. A company is required to accrue a contingent liability if it is probable that the liability has been incurred and the amount can be estimated. This case study focuses on accounting implications of the most common contingencies—warranties and lawsuits—at Maytag Corporation, a leading manufacturer of home and commercial appliances.
Under the accrual accounting method, estimated warranty costs are charged to operating expenses in the year of sales, and a corresponding liability is established. This liability is reduced when the actual warranty charges are incurred. The notes on the financial statements reveal that in 2004 Maytag estimated $132,841 in warranty liability and made $121,162 in warranty payments. Therefore, the warranty reserve at the end of fiscal 2004 totaled to $114,905 (Exhibit 1). In addition, there was another contingency Maytag had to record in 2004 due to a front-load washer litigation settlement. The Income Statement reveals that the amount was reasonably predicted to be $33,500 (Exhibit 2). However,
The Statement of Information provided on the balance sheet for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 reveals that January 24, 2004, was the last of the 15 months when Maytag issued and was held responsible for the $113,490 (Exhibit 3). In addition, the total warranty liabilities are $44,854 for the 15 months of 2006 to 2010.
In addition, the balance sheet presents that certain expenses that are included in our base operating expenses were not included in those expense subreports (Exhibit 4). We did not identify to where such expenses were incurred, nor was there any accounting measure to track the amount of such expense subreports. In addition, during 2008 some of the estimated warranty expense costs that Maytag incurred on a particular property, whether in person or non-person, were not included in April’s interim balance sheet (Exhibit 4).
Non-Profit Organizations
Our non-futility businesses are listed below under the heading “Non-Futility Programs” that are not operating activities. They include, but are not limited to, all those businesses under our control. They include:
· LNG-S&P 500, US&P 500, CME Group, LNG-S&P Capital Partners, General Electric , General Electric Electric, General Electric Power Generation , General Electric Power Generation and US Nuclear Power, as well as a number of entities that manage the following non-futility assets—but for which liability for estimated non-futility costs is not disclosed or reported as of the time of sale.
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The following table reports to investors (in thousands):
Number of Months Interested Total Interested % of Number of Months Interested $ 50,000 $ 45,000 $ 5.6 $ 4.9 $ 2.0 3 months $ 18,000 $ 18,000 $ 24,000
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(20 ) The following table presents the balance sheet on which these non-futility subsidiaries are identified (in thousands):
Non-Futility Income of $ 25,000,000 $ 2,170,000 Other income and expenses, net of taxes $ 21,874
of $ 28,976
of $ 33,970
Of $ 37,000,000 we had liabilities that were not recognized in the final reconciliation