Ayres Services acquired an asset for $90 million in 2018. The asset is depreciated for financial reporting

purposes over four years on a straight-line basis (no residual value). For tax purposes the asset’s cost is depreciated by MACRS. The enacted tax rate is 40%. Amounts for pretax accounting income, depreciation, and taxable income in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 are as follows:

  ($ in millions)     2018   2019   2020   2021   Pretax accounting income $ 355     $ 375     $ 390     $ 425     Depreciation on the income statement   22.5       22.5       22.5       22.5     Depreciation on the tax return   (27.5 )     (35.5 )     (17.5 )     (9.5 )   Taxable income $ 350     $ 362     $ 395     $ 438    

Required:

Determine (a) the temporary book-tax difference for the depreciable asset and (b) the balance to be reported in the deferred tax liability account. (Leave no cell blank, enter “0” wherever applicable. Show all amounts as positive amounts. Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).)

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