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IAS 12 Income Taxes prescribes the accounting treatment for income taxes. Income taxes include all domestic and foreign taxes that are based on taxable profits.

Current tax for current and prior periods is, to the extent that it is unpaid, recognised as a liability. Overpayment of current tax is recognised as an asset. Current tax liabilities (assets) for the current and prior periods are measured at the amount expected to be paid to (recovered from) the taxation authorities, using the tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.

IAS 12 Income Taxes requires an entity to recognize a deferred tax liability or (subject to specified conditions) a deferred tax asset for all temporary differences, with some exceptions. Temporary differences are differences between the tax base of an asset or liability and its carrying amount in the statement of financial position. The tax base of an asset or liability is the amount attributed to that asset or liability for tax purposes.

A deferred tax liability arises if an entity will pay tax if it recovers the carrying amount of another asset or liability. A deferred tax asset arises if an entity:

• Will pay less tax if it recovers the carrying amount of another asset or liability; or
• Has unused tax losses or unused tax credits.

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