For the year ended 31 December 2009, an analyst noted that a profitable company experienced an increase in deferred tax liabilities of $25,000 and a reversal of deferred tax assets of $25,000. The most appropriate conclusion by the analyst is that, in 2009, income tax expense reported on the company's income statement should be:

A.Equal to taxes payable in the company's tax return.

B.Less than taxes payable in the company's tax return.

C.Greater than taxes payable in the company's tax return.