medium · Financial Accounting liabilities-bonds-payable

Highland Foods receives $50,000 in interest from municipal bonds. Under US GAAP, this interest is included in pretax book income, but it is exempt from federal income tax.

What is the effect of this interest on the company's financial statements?

  1. It creates a deferred tax liability.
  2. It reduces the effective tax rate.
  3. It is recorded as a change in accounting principle.
  4. It creates a deferred tax asset.

Sign up free to see the explanation and track your rank →

More Financial Accounting liabilities-bonds-payable practice

KomFi: Test Prep Made Easy

KomFi: Test Prep Made Easy — free adaptive practice for GMAT, GRE, SAT, ACT, National Real Estate Exam, Investment Banking, and finance with full explanations.

KomFi Academy is free GMAT prep and personalized GMAT help built as a training platform: 75,000+ practice questions, 26,500+ flashcards, on-demand video lectures, podcasts, and 4K slide decks. Flagship tracks: Free GMAT Prep, Free GMAT Resources, National Real Estate Exam Prep, Investment Banking Prep, Finance Prep, GRE, SAT, ACT, LSAT, MCAT, Financial Accounting, Private Equity, Private Credit, and Quantitative Finance.

Free GMAT Prep & Personalized GMAT Help

What's inside

Topics

View pricing · Read testimonials