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Although a majority of income and deduction items encountered by a business enterprise are treated identically for financial reporting and tax purposes, there are a number of items that are treated differently. They are known as book-tax differences and are classified as either temporary or permanent.
This course covers permanent differences, including:
- How to identify and account for permanent differences
- Permanent differences are book items that never affect the taxable income computation, or vice versa.
- Permanent differences result in an increase (decrease) in the corporation’s effective tax rate (ETR).
- How to read and understand the balance sheet footnote which computes the corporation’s ETR.
- How to prepare the journal entry to record the income tax expense (also called the income tax provision) net of the tax saving (cost) from permanent differences.
Note: temporary differences are covered in another Illumeo course and should be taken before this course.
Course Series
This course is included in the following series:
2 CoursesAccounting for Differences in Financial and Taxable Income
- Accounting for Temporary Differences In Financial and Taxable Income
- Accounting for Permanent Differences In Financial and Taxable Income
Learning Objectives
- Identify permanent difference and how is it computed
- Identify Tax-exempt income
- Identify Nondeductible expenses
- Recognize what is the impact of permanent differences on the financial tax expense
- Recognize what is the effective tax rate and how is it computed.
Last updated/reviewed: October 5, 2018
11 Reviews (70 ratings)Reviews
Peter Morris
(Consultant at Treasury)
Very relevant content. However, the final exam included questions that included ambiguous wording. Even after passing on the 3rd try, I would likel to know which of the five questions was answered incorrectly.
Craig Scanlon
(Owner at BST)
Good overview with specific examples. Could have skipped GE example as it is more confusing than anything unless there is more explanation of differences.
Anonymous
(Accountant II)
What you would expect for a foundation level course. The questions proved to be a nice refresher.
Stephanie Pan
(Tax Associate at NFP)
Good examples and overview of the material. The case study helped apply all concepts.
Kirit Kapadia
( at Kirit KapadiaCPA)
It may need more explanations. good introduction to the tax differences
Pamela LaPlaca, CPA
(Controller at EG USA)
Tough and very thorough. I appreciate how detailed your slides are.
Anonymous
(Financial Analyst)
Great introduction to permanent differences!
Anonymous
(-)
Good overview and reminders.
Melvin Balberan
(Senior GL Accountant at Netsuite Philippines Inc.)
This a great course
Anonymous
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Very informative
Patrenia McAbee
(Owner at McAbee Consulting)
Done
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate
Prerequisite: Exposure to accounting for income taxes
Advanced Preparation: None
Education Provider Information
Company:
Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact:
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