The pretax financial income (or loss) figures for larkspur company are as follows.
2012 $173,000
2013 246,000
2014 82,000
2015 (173,000 )
2016 (376,000 )
2017 128,000
2018 105,000
pretax financial income (or loss) and taxable income (loss) were the same for all years involved. assume a 45% tax rate for 2012 and 2013 and a 40% tax rate for the remaining years.
prepare the journal entries for the years 2014 to 2018 to record income tax expense and the effects of the net operating loss carrybacks and carryforwards assuming larkspur company uses the carryback provision. all income and losses relate to normal operations. (in recording the benefits of a loss carryforward, assume that no valuation account is deemed necessary.)

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?