Taxes become deferred when a company's financial accounting methods are different than the acceptable tax accounting methods. This creates a discrepancy between the general ledger and the amounts ...

A deferred tax asset is usually an item on a company's balance sheet that was created by the early payment or overpayment of taxes. They are financial assets that can be redeemed in the future to ...

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