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Deferred Tax in Unrealised Profit in intra-group transactions

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by MikeLittle.
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  • April 22, 2014 at 6:36 am #165877
    Phuoc Phan
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    Hi everyone,

    I have a little bit confuse when doing journal entry related to the Deferred Tax for unrealized profit in consolidation financial statements for intra-group transaction.

    For example, Subsidiary sell inventory to Main at price 200,000$ and the cost for Subsidiary produce them is 120,000$. At the end of financial year, a half of inventory is still on hand of Main. Assume tax rate 30%.

    I know that here, we have the unrealized profit of 40,000$ from the group’s perspective, but I don’t understand clearly why they recognized Dr Deferred tax asset and Cr Income tax expense for this unrealized profit.

    So, anyone can explain it for me. Tks

    April 22, 2014 at 6:52 am #165883
    MikeLittle
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    I can’t help you – I don’t believe that I have ever seen this!

    April 29, 2014 at 11:46 am #166746
    kerri
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    I dont understand how you got the $40,0000. I think unrealised profit has to be eliminated from the group accounts and recognised next year, hence there is a timing difference. Dr deferred tax asset because the tax charge in the group profit or loss includes tax in this profit.( i.e $40,000 includes tax) in the first year . hence it was not supposed to be paid for this year as the profits was not recognised. so second year it would result in an decrease of deferred tax

    I have just started reading income tax so not sure if this is entirely correct.

    April 29, 2014 at 6:58 pm #166798
    MikeLittle
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    Did I really say I couldn’t help? Karen, the 40,000 is half the intra-group profit – it’s half because half the intra-group sold goods are still within the group inventory.

    The deferred tax asset is debited and the current tax credited because there is a current liability so far as the taxman is concerned but, when the goods are sold next year, there will already have been shown as a liability the tax on those goods in the year of the intra-group sale

    Does that help?

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