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gottabme
Jul 6, 2008, 05:34 PM
Income Statement Preparation

I was provided the following information and would like to know how I can figure out the Income taxes (30% of income before taxes)
Accounts Payable: 35,000
Accounts Receivable: 65,000
Advertising Expense: 15,000
Cash: 19,500
Supplies Expense: 46,000
Rent Expense: 10,000
Utilities Expense: 3,000
Income Taxes (30% of Income before taxes): ???
Miscellaneous Expense: 4,400
Owner's Equity: 140,000
Salaries Expense: 61,000
Fees (revenues): 384,000

justme8
Jul 6, 2008, 05:40 PM
To figure the income (at a rate of 30%) you need to figure out your Costs/expenses and subtract them from all the income (accounts receivable and the cash) and then you come up with a profit --- multiply that by .7 (which is 1 minus .3) and that will be your gross income. The taxes are the profit multiplied by .3 (and taxes are an expense)

morgaine300
Jul 8, 2008, 12:18 AM
First, accounts receivable and cash are not income. They are assets. (Not to mention that costs are not necessarily the same thing as expenses, so please don't state it that way.)

But it is correct that you need to find your revenues and then find your expenses, and subtract expenses from revenues.

Second, there is no need to multiply by .7. That's going to give you the net income after taxes have been subtracted. (Not gross income.) But you need to get the taxes anyway, so figure that out, and then subtract from income before tax if you need net income. The 70% is the net income that's left over after the taxes, not gross.