Artículo 85. IAS 12 Paragraph 85

In explaining the relationship between tax expense (income) and accounting profit , an entity uses an applicable tax rate that provides the most meaningful information to the users of its financial statements. Often, the most meaningful rate is the domestic rate of tax in the country in which the entity is domiciled, aggregating the tax rate applied for national taxes with the rates applied for any local taxes which are computed on a substantially similar level of taxable profit (tax loss) . However, for an entity operating in several jurisdictions, it may be more meaningful to aggregate separate reconciliations prepared using the domestic rate in each individual jurisdiction. The following example illustrates how the selection of the applicable tax rate affects the presentation of the numerical reconciliation. Example illustrating paragraph 85 In 19X2, an entity has accounting profit in its own jurisdiction (country A) of 1,500 (19X1: 2,000) and in country B of 1,500 (19X1: 500). The tax rate is 30% in country A and 20% in country B. In country A, expenses of 100 (19X1: 200) are not deductible for tax purposes. The following is an example of a reconciliation to the domestic tax rate. 19X1 19X2 Accounting profit 2,500 3,000 Tax at the domestic rate of 30% 750 900 Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible for tax purposes 60 30 Effect of lower tax rates in country B (50) (150) Tax expense 760 780 The following is an example of a reconciliation prepared by aggregating separate reconciliations for each national jurisdiction. Under this method, the effect of differences between the reporting entity’s own domestic tax rate and the domestic tax rate in other jurisdictions does not appear as a separate item in the reconciliation. An entity may need to discuss the effect of significant changes in either tax rates, or the mix of profits earned in different jurisdictions, in order to explain changes in the applicable tax rate(s), as required by paragraph 81(d) . Accounting profit 2,500 3,000 Tax at the domestic rates applicable to profits in the country concerned 700 750 Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible for tax purposes 60 30 Tax expense 760 780