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CHAPTER 9: Special Topics
Fundamentals of Financial Accounting and Analysis
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Accounting
Graduate
11/13/2011

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Term
statutory rate
Definition
tax rate passed by various government bodies
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effective tax rate
Definition
ETR = Income tax expense/Pre-tax income
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permanent difference
Definition
an item that is recognized in one of the two statements but not in the other, neither in the current period nor in future periods
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temporary difference
Definition
differences between the current income statement and the tax return that will have future consequences, called deferred taxes
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deferred tax assets
Definition
estimated future income tax deductions multiplied by the Statutory Tax Rate. Result from temporary differences between GAAP and the related tax rules.
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valuation allowance
Definition
contra account to deferred tax asset account - used when there is less than 51% chance of DTAs being realized
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