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A company uses MACRS depreciation for tax purposes (30M in Year 1) and straight-line depreciation for book purposes (20M in Year 1).

If the tax rate is 25%, what is the impact on the financial statements?

  1. A Deferred Tax Asset of $2.5M is created, and reported book Net Income increases by the same $2.5M
  2. The Balance Sheet is left unaffected since total assets and total liabilities remain perfectly equal
  3. Cash flow decreases by $2.5M this year because the company ends up paying more in cash taxes owed
  4. A Deferred Tax Liability (DTL) of $2.5M is created; Cash Flow from Operations increases by $2.5M.

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