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Ias 12
Ias 12
Income Taxes
ACCA SBR
BY CA ROHIT SINGHAL
Deferred income tax accounting is inter-period income tax allocation: allocating income tax
expense to the correct period.
Liabilities
Carrying amount
Less- tax base ( CA- future deduction)
Temporary difference
Here the temporary difference means future deduction
Prudence limits in case of DTA
DTA should be created when it is probable that it will be recovered in future against taxable
profits.
It means DTA should not be created if entity does not expects it recovery.
It is considered as probable recovery if –
A. Sufficient TTD under the same governing law are expected to reverse in the same period in
which DTD are expected to reverse. Or
B. expected taxable profits sufficient to cover the reversal of the DTD are expected to arise or tax
planning opportunities exists period during which DTD is expected to reverse.
Prudence limits in case of Losses
All points remains same expect point B above – here convincing evidence of taxable profits or tax
planning needs to be checked for making DTA on losses.
Example -year 2022
Carrying Tax base Expected
amount reversal
Investments 2,00,000 1,80,000 2023
Provision for 3,00,000 2,50,000 50% in 2023
warranty and 50% in
2024