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Accounting For Deferred Taxes
Accounting For Deferred Taxes
The need for deferred tax accounting arises because companies often postpone or pre-pays taxes on profits pertaining to a particular period.
not profitable in the future there will be no tax savings to benefit from and therefore accounting for this asset is not .ustified. %f the analyst/s purpose is forecasting and he see0s to identify the persistent components of +1++$ then it is not appropriate to add bac0 deferred tax changes that are expected to reverse in the near future. %n some circumstances$ however$ a company may be able to consistently defer taxes until a much later date. %f a company is growing and has the ability to indefinitely defer tax liability$ an analyst ad.ustment to net income is warranted. 21onversely$ companies often record expenses for financial reporting purposes (e.g.$ restructuring charges) that are not deductible for tax purposes. %n this instance$ current tax payments are higher than reported on the income statement$ resulting in a deferred tax asset and a subtraction from net income to arrive at cash flow on the cash flow statement. %f the deferred tax assets is expected to reverse (e.g.$ through tax depreciation deductions) in the near future$ the analyst would not want to subtract the deferred tax asset in his cash flow forecast to avoid underestimating future cash flows. 3n the other hand$ if the company is expected to have these charges on a continual basis$ a subtraction is warranted to lower the forecast of future cash flows.4 5 If a company knows that it will have a tax benefit in the future they will recognize that benefit by accounting for a deferred tax asset. However, if the recognition of the ac uired deferred tax benefit results from an identifiable event after its occurrence it would be reported as a reduction of income tax expense for that period.
profits for a period are from its LIABILITIES Deferred tax liabilities, net (Note 11)
Total Deferred taxes 5 +ree +low taxes 9aluation Changes in1ash Deferred
profits. %t brings investors one step closer to understanding exactly how much of a company&s operations (rather than from fiscal savings).
$297,200,000 $228,200,000 $755,800,000 $0 ($527,600,000) ($1,299,100,000) $1,131,200,000 $771,500,000 $176,300,000
$931,500,000 $595,200,000
VIACOM INC 10-K 2003-12-31: Cash Flow Increase in income taxes payable and net deferred tax liabilities 2003/12/31 $663,700,000 2002/12/31 $826,600,000 2001/12/31 $439,400,000 2000/12/31 $442,000,000
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