Download the 2016 financial statements for Deere & Company
1. Over what time period are Deere's tax credit carryforwards expiring? Do you think Deere will be able to utilize them in the future?
2. How would Deere's deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities be affected if the federal statutory tax rate was changed to 38 percent? Would a change in rate be beneficial or detrimental to Deere?
3. How would reported earnings have been affected if Deere were not using a valuation allowance?
4. How would Deere's net operating loss carryforwards affect the valuation that an acquiring company would be willing to offer?
5. Would you consider the deferred tax liability as debt or as equity? Should you exclude the deferred tax liability from both debt and equity when calculating the debt-to-equity ratio?