Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax.
Current or deferred taxation liabilities or assets are not discounted.
Tax is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account, except to the extent that it relates to items included in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.
Current tax payable
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit may differ from profit as reported in the Profit & Loss Account due to items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in another year or items that are never taxable or deductible.
The company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised on timing differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenditure in periods which are different for tax assessment purposes to those applicable for financial statements.
Full provision is made for deferred tax assets and liabilities arising from timing differences between the recognition of profits, gains or losses in the accounts and their recognition for tax purposes. Recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the sum that is likely to be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or by offset against future taxable profits.
The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and deferred tax assets within debtors.