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
Solution (iii) Happy Star Ltd Tax worksheet for the financial year ended 31 December 2012
Secs. 1.446-1(c)(1)(ii), Under the accrual method, income is to be included for the taxable year when all events have occurred that fix the right to receive the income and the amount of the income can be determined with reasonable accuracy. 1.451- 1(a), Income Tax Regs. Typically, all events that fix the right to receive income have occurred upon the earliest of the following to take place: The income is (1) actually or constructively received; (2) due; or (3) earned by performance. When Peaceful receives prepaid income it has constructively received payment for further goods and services and the income
Current liabilities are defined as: “Debts due to be paid with cash or with goods and services within one year, or within the entity’s operating cycle if the cycle is longer than a year.” (Hongren, Harrison & Oliver, 2012) These liabilities fit into three categories: Current liabilities of known amount; current liabilities that must be estimated; and contingent liabilities. According to the matching principle of accounting, expenses and revenues need to be reported during the same period that they are earned. This can be difficult if the exact amounts are not known. This is the purpose behind estimated and contingent liabilities. In order to provide accurate financial reports companies must record revenues and
* The Act requires that any amount received based on production or use of property disposed must be included as property income
Total taxes are a requirement for the form along with total deposits for the period. If there is a difference between the amount of taxes due and total payments, the outstanding balance has to be settled.
Section 6-5 of the tax law says that a person assessable income includes all their ordinary income derived during the year. To be said from the view of tax law (s. 6-5 of the ITAA), it hasn’t specified any definitions about Ordinary Income (OI). Section 6-10 then says that a person assessable income also includes other amount that are not ordinary income but which are included in your assessable income by provisions in tax law about assessable income, or the amounts that a person receives as a reward for performing, amounts that a person receives which are a return on the person’s investment, amounts that a person receives which are profits from carrying on a business.
Requirement 1: What is the rationale for the argument that long-term deferred tax liabilities should be excluded from liabilities when computing
30-7 The tax effect of a valuation allowance expected to be necessary for a deferred tax asset at the end of the year for originating deductible temporary differences and carryforwards during the year shall be included in the effective tax rate.
I have or will declare all sources of funds which may constitute income under tax laws,
Deferred tax in accordance to AASB 112 is the estimated amount of the income tax payable (recoverable) in respect to future tax consequences derived from the recovery of an asset or settlement of a liability in the statement of financial position. It is considered to be a ‘Deferred Tax Asset’ which is the amount of income tax recoverable in the future when the carrying amount of an asset is recovered or is settled in case of liability. It is considered to be a ‘Deferred tax liability’ which is the amount of income tax payable when the carrying amount of an asset is recovered or is settled in case of liability
The leading cases, CIR v Mitsubishi Motors Ltd [1995] and Commissioner of Taxation v James Flood Pty Ltd [1953] that reflect a taxpayer
implications of this phrase, with a view to be able to better manage and control
IAS27 was amended in 2011 and therefore supersedes any previous IAS27 policies that were in place. This policy is directly linked to all yearly accounting periods on 1st January 2014 onwards and is applicable when a company prepares separate financial statements that meet the terms and conditions of the International Financial Reporting Standards. IAS27 focuses on separate financial statements and consolidations when an organisation combines with another business. Deloitte (2011) points out that IAS27 will guide the entity on how to deal with an adjustment of ownership within business and also accommodates for how to arrange separate financial statements with any subsequent disclosures. Furthermore according to Deloitte (2011) there are two main objectives when it comes to the application of IAS27 and they are; firstly the collaboration and management of consolidated financial accounting statements for several businesses under the strict control of the parent in charge and secondly in accounting for investments regarding subsidiaries to create separate, non-consolidated, financial statements. These financial accounting statements will be formally constructed by the parent company, an associate organisation or a joint venture.
In this composition, we will be discussing two topics that go hand in hand when it is dealt with in tax accounting. To fully understand the scope of this article, passive activity is defined by the IRS as “any rental activity or any business in which the taxpayer gains income but does not materially participate in the activity”(IRS). Examples of passive activities can include equipment leasing and real estate leasing, in contrast to salaries, wages which are generally considered non-passive activities. As the article “Skip the dorm, buy your kid a condo” states, there are tax benefits when renting a property, but now individuals have exploited loopholes in the tax code that can be controversial and even illegal.