_______ 600,000
_______ 168,000
Total charge for year and increase in provision
1.9 It is therefore the objective of deferred taxation to ensure that tax charges which are included in the accounts of various years are not distorted by the timing of reliefs which are given by the tax system.
1.10 Deferred taxation is never payable: the concept is that charges or credits appear in the profit and loss account as originating entries and they then reverse at a later date.
1.11 The components of the deferred tax provision can be identified in any company, in a similar manner to that shown above. If we continue the above theme, and make an assumption as to the levels of the fixed assets and the capital allowance pools, the balance sheet representation of the above deferred tax charge is:
This
Year
Last
Year
Gross
Net
Gross
Net
Book amount of plant
2,981,000
2,890,000 1,849,000
Less: Capital allowance pools 1,970,000
_________ 1,011,000
_________
283,080
1,041,000
291,480
General bad debt provision
(270,000) (75,600)
(350,000)
(98,000)
Unpaid pension contributions
(110,000) (30,800)
(80,000)
(22,400)
Tax losses carried forward
-
-
(580,000)
(162,40 0)
_______ _______
_______ _______
Total per balance sheet
631,000 ======
176,680 ======
31,000 ======
8,680
======
1.12 The gross value of the balances in the deferred taxation account have increased by £600,000, from £31,000 to £631,000. The net balances have increased by £168,000, that is from £8,680 to £176,680. It may seem mysterious that these figures are identical to the figures in the tax computations. This is not a coincidence: it is an aspect of accounting that things balance. It is an aspect of deferred tax accounting that it works in this way.
1.13 You should be able to identify the rationale for the equilibrium in respect of the tax losses, the general bad debt provision and the pension liability. The transactions within
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