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Published accounts

Atlas statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for 31 mar 20X3

Revenue 550,000

From the notes find the income tax provision required for the year and then go to the trial balance
and find the income tax in the trial balance. If the income tax in the trail balance is on the debt side,
you add it to the provision. If it is on the credit side, you subtract from the provision.

Go back to the notes and find the deferred tax liability and compare the deferred tax liability in the
notes with the deferred tax in trail balance. If the deferred tax liability in the notes is higher than
that of the trail balance, the difference between the two, you add to the provision. If the deferred
tax in the notes is lower than the deferred tax in the trail balance, the difference between the two
you subtract from the provision.

The question may not give the deferred tax in the notes but you may be given the temporal
difference. The temporal difference is the difference between assets carrying amount and its tax
base. Calculate the differed tax by multiplying the temporal difference times the tax rate.

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