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The IASB has issued some narrow scope changes to IAS 12 ‘Income Taxes’ to specify how entities should account for deferred tax on transactions such as leases and decommissioning obligations.
In specific circumstances, entities are exempt from recognising deferred tax when they recognise assets or liabilities for the first time. There had been some diversity in practice as to whether the exemption applied to transactions such as leases and decommissioning obligations. These are transactions where entities recognise both an asset and a liability.
The amendments clarify that the initial recognition exemption set out in IAS 12 does not apply and that entities are required to recognise deferred tax on these transactions. The aim of the amendments is to reduce diversity in the reporting of deferred tax on leases and decommissioning obligations.
The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023, with early application permitted.
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