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Key Principles Of Tax Effect Accounting Essay

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As a new employee in the financial reporting unit the task is to evaluate the relevant disclosures of the company’s latest annual report in accordance to the Income Tax requirements as per AASB 112.

Main principles of tax-effect accounting

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia issued D4 (‘Treatment of Taxations in Accounts’) in 1964. It was the first official Australian statement on accounting for income tax. In the year 2005, Australian Accounting Standards for Income Tax which is AASB 112 became effective to a program of merging with the International Accounting Standards. AASB 112 switched from the liability method of tax-effect accounting to ‘The statement of Financial Position approach’ to account for the income tax. AASB 112 complies with IAS 12. All entities that comply with AASB 112 as amended will at the same time comply with IAS 12 as amended.
AASB 112 accounts for Income Tax by acknowledging current and future tax liabilities as follows:
• Current Tax is recognised when the income tax is payable in the current year to the ATO.
• Future or deferred tax is recognised on the future tax payable on the assets and liabilities which are shown in the ‘statement of financial position’ at the end of the financial period.
Current tax is the amount of tax payable (recoverable) in accordance to the tax loss for a period. It is considered a liability if the current tax is the income tax payable to the ATO; however it is considered as an asset if the

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