Isaac Inc. began operations in January 2018. For certain of its property sales, Isaac recognizes income in the period of sale for financial reporting purposes. However, for income tax purposes, Isaac recognizes income when it collects cash from the buyer's installment payments. In 2018, Isaac had $688 million in sales of this type. Scheduled collections for these sales are as follows: 2018 $ 60 million
2019 120 million
2020 120 million
2021 150 million
2022 150 million
$ 600 million

Assume that Isaac has a 30% income tax rate and that there were no other differences in income for financial statement and tax purposes. Ignoring operating expenses and additional sales in 2019, what deferred tax liability would Isaac report in its year-end 2019 balance sheet?

a. $126 million.
b. $54 million.
c. $144 million.
d. $180 million.

a. $126 million.

Explanation:

The computation of the deferred tax liability is as follows

Particulars                      2018                    2019

                                               (in $ millions)

Income for

Finan reporting              600                     0

Income for income

tax purpose                   60                       120

Difference                     540                     120

Opening balance                                     162

of dtl

Dtl creation

(30% of 540)             162                          0

Reversal of dtl

(30% of 120)               0                           -36

Ending balance        162                         126

answerall of the above;

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.