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Hence the temporary differences can be said to be taxable temporary differences.

This article will start by considering aspects of deferred tax that are relevant to FR before moving on to the more complicated situations that may be tested in SBR.

IAS 12 defines a deferred tax liability as being the amount of income tax payable in future periods in respect of taxable temporary differences.

So, in simple terms, deferred tax is tax that is payable in the future.

However, to understand this definition more fully, it is necessary to explain the term taxable temporary differences.

Temporary differences are defined as being differences between the carrying amount of an asset (or liability) within the Statement of Financial Position and its tax base ie the amount at which the asset (or liability) is valued for tax purposes by the relevant tax authority.

Taxable temporary differences are those on which tax will be charged in the future when the asset (or liability) is recovered (or settled).

IAS 12 requires that a deferred tax liability is recorded in respect of all taxable temporary differences that exist at the year-end this is sometimes known as the full provision method.

All of this terminology can be rather overwhelming and difficult to understand, so consider it alongside an example.

Depreciable non-current assets are the typical deferred tax example used in FR.

Within financial statements, non-current assets with a limited useful life are subject to depreciation.

However, within tax computations, non-current assets are subject to capital allowances (also known as tax depreciation) at rates set within the relevant tax legislation.

Where at the year-end the cumulative depreciation charged and the cumulative capital allowances claimed are different, the carrying amount of the asset (cost less accumulated depreciation) will then be different to its tax base (cost less accumulated capital allowances) and hence a taxable temporary difference arises.

EXAMPLE 1 A non-current asset costing 2,000 was acquired at the start of year 1.

It is being depreciated straight line over four years, resulting in annual depreciation charges of 500.

As stated above, deferred tax liabilities arise on taxable temporary differences, ie those temporary differences that result in tax being payable in the future as the temporary difference reverses.

So, how does the above example result in tax being payable in the future Entities pay income tax on their taxable profits.

When determining taxable profits, the tax authorities start by taking the profit before tax (accounting profits) of an entity from their financial statements and then make various adjustments.

For example, depreciation is considered a disallowable expense for taxation purposes but instead tax relief on capital expenditure is granted in the form of capital allowances.

Therefore, taxable profits are arrived at by adding back depreciation and deducting capital allowances from the accounting profits.

This is good for cash flow in that it delays (ie defers) the payment of tax.

However, the difference is only a temporary difference and so the tax will have to be paid in the future.

In years 3 and 4, when the capital allowances for the year are less than the depreciation charged, the entity is being charged additional tax and the temporary difference is reversing.

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