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Deferred Tax

Wwill9y ago
Morning Mike Please help with this question. A government wanted to encourage investment in new non-current assets by entities and decided to change tax allowances for non-current assets to give a 100% first year allowance on all new non-current assets purchased after 1 January 20X5. ED purchased new machinery for $400,000 on 1 October 20X5 and claimed the 100% first year allowance. For accounting purposes ED depreciated the machinery on the reducing balance basis at 25% per year. The rate of corporate income tax to be applied to ED’s taxable profits was 22%. Assume ED had no other temporary differences. Calculate the amount of deferred tax that ED would show in its statement of financial position at 30 September 20X7. calculation: Y/E 30TH SEP X6 Asset value= 400k Depreciation= 255*400k=100k CV= 400-100=300K Tax Base -100% tax allowance TB=400-400=0 Deferred tax for X6= (CV-TB)* TAX RATE 300-0=300*22% = 66,000 Y/E 30TH SEP X7 CV= 300K Depreciation= 300*25%=75 new cv= 300-75=225 Tax Base The question does not mention anything about after year 1... it just mentions the year 1 tax allowance of 100%. so I am confused as how to calculate depreciation to use for x7 onwards? do I assume the same rate as for accounting purposes.? thanks
MikeLittleMikeLittleTutor9y ago#1
'do I assume the same rate as for accounting purposes.' Yes! 25% reducing balance And if the tax base last year was $zero, then this next year it's still going to be $zero (and will be $zero forever more!) So at end year 2, carrying value is 225 and tax base is $zero, a difference of $225 which, when multiplied by the corporate income tax rate gives us a deferred tax balance to carry forward of $225 x 22% = $49.50 OK?
Wwill9y ago#2
as always cheers mike.
MikeLittleMikeLittleTutor9y ago#3
As always, you're welcome :-)
Wwill9y ago#4
Mike- on the topic of deferred tax.. I saw somewhere that "IAS 12 prohibits the recognition of deferred tax on taxable temp differences that arise from the initial recognition of goodwill. Why is this? I cant see the link/ logic?
MikeLittleMikeLittleTutor9y ago#5
Goodwill is apparently not eligible for tax relief. Does that explain it?
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