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HOLMES INSTITUTE FACULTY OF HIGHER EDUCATION HI5020 Corporate Accounting Group Assignment T1 2020 Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester T1 2020 Unit Code HI5020 Unit Title Corporate Accounting Assessment Type Individual Assignment Assessment Title Accounting for Income Tax Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) This assignment aims at developing a clear understanding of students on corporate accounting for income tax issues. Students will develop an understanding on different concepts used in accounting for income tax. They will also develop an understanding on how different concepts of accounting for income tax are used by companies in the practical setting. (ULO 1, 2, 4, 5, 6). Weight 40 % of the total assessments (Written assignment 30 % + Presentation 10 percent) Total Marks Written assignment 30 marks + Presentation 10 marks Word limit 3000 words ±500 words Due Date Assignment submission: Final Submission of individual Assignment: 11:59 pm Friday, Week 10 Late submission incurs penalties of five (5) % of the assessment value per calendar day unless an extension and/or special consideration has been granted by the lecturer prior to the assessment deadline. Submission Guidelines  All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.  The assignment must be in MS Word format, no spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers.  Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style. Page 2 of 6 HI5020 Corporate Accounting T1 2020 Assignment Specifications Purpose: This assignment aims at developing a clear understanding of students on corporate accounting for income tax issues. Students will develop an understanding on different concepts used in accounting for income taxes. They will also develop an understanding on how different concepts of accounting for income tax are used by companies in the practical setting. Assessment task: Collect the latest annual report of an ASX listed company for the last 2 financial years. Please read the financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement) and notes attached to financial statements on income tax issues very carefully. Please remember some aspects of your firm’s treatment of its tax – can be a very complicated area, particularly for some firms. Based on your understanding of the topic “accounting for income tax” and based on your reading of the collected annual reports, do the following tasks. i Briefly explain the concepts of accounting profit, taxable profit, temporary difference, taxable temporary difference, deductible temporary difference, deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability. ii Briefly explain the recognition criteria of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability. iii What is your firm’s tax expense in its latest financial statements? iv Is this figure the same as the company tax rate times your firm’s accounting income? Explain why this is, or is not, the case for your firm highlighting the reasons for differences. v Identify the deferred tax assets/liabilities that is reported in the balance sheet articulating the possible reasons why they have been recorded. vi Is there any current tax assets or income tax payable recorded by your company? Why is the income tax payable not the same as income tax expense? vii Is the income tax expense shown in the income statement same as the income tax paid shown in the cash flow statement? If not, why is the difference? viii Briefly explain the concepts of temporary difference and permanent difference. Identify any permanent differences that your company may have. ix What do you find interesting, confusing, surprising or difficult to understand about the treatment of tax in your firm’s financial statements? What new insights, if any, have you gained about how companies account for income tax as a result of examining your firm’s tax expense in its accounts? Assignment Structure should be as the following: Abstract - One paragraph List of Content Introduction Body of the assignment with detailed answer on each of the required tasks Summary/Conclusion List of references ….. Page 3 of 6 HI5020 Corporate Accounting T1 2020 Instruction for video presentation: Based on your written assignment you will have to make a summary video presentation ranging for 10 minutes. Your presentation should explain the assignment tasks and your key findings. You will have to upload the presentation in You Tube and submit the You Tube link in the black board so that the marker can watch and mark your presentation. Your assignment will be marked based on the following criteria: Presentation Style (3 marks) Content (4 marks) Clarity of the presentation ((3 marks) Excellent 3-2.5 4-3 3-2.5 Very good 2.5-1.75 3-2.5 2.5-1.75 Good 1.75-1.5 2.5-2.00 1.75-1.5 Satisfactory 1.5-1.00 2.00-1.00 1.5-1.00 Unsatisfactory 1.00-0 1.00-0 1.00-0 Marking criteria Marking criteria Weighting Abstract 1% List of content & overall presentation of the assignment 1% Introduction 1% Briefly explain the concepts of accounting profit, taxable profit, temporary difference, taxable temporary difference, deductible temporary difference, deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability. Provide suitable example for each concept. 7% Briefly explain the recognition criteria of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability. 2% What is your firm’s tax expense in its latest financial statements? 1% Is this figure the same as the company tax rate times your firm’s accounting income? Explain why this is, or is not, the case for your firm highlighting the reasons for differences. 3% Identify the deferred tax assets/liabilities that is reported in the balance sheet articulating the possible reasons why they have been recorded. 3% Is there any current tax assets or income tax payable recorded by your company? Why is the income tax payable not the same as income tax expense? 3% Is the income tax expense shown in the income statement same as the income tax paid shown in the cash flow statement? If not why is the difference? 3% Briefly explain the concepts of temporary difference and permanent difference. Identify any permanent differences that your company may have. 2% What do you find interesting, confusing, surprising or difficult to understand about the treatment of tax in your firm’s financial statements? What new insights, if any, have you gained about how companies account for income tax as a result of examining your firm’s tax expense in its accounts? 2% Conclusion 1% Total in Written Assignment 30% Video presentation 10% Total 40 % Page 4 of 6 HI5020 Corporate Accounting T1 2020 Marking Rubric Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Briefly explain the concepts of accounting profit, taxable profit, temporary difference, taxable temporary difference, deductible temporary difference, deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability. /7 All seven concepts have been discussed clearly and comprehensively . Suitable examples have been given All seven concepts have been discussed. Suitable examples have been given. Has discussed all seven concepts with examples. Minor errors remain. Attempted to discuss all seven concepts. Also attempted to provide examples. Major errors remain. Did not show an understanding of the concepts, did not provide appropriate examples. Briefly explain the recognition criteria of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability. /2 The recognition criteria of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability have been correctly and comprehensively discussed The recognition criteria of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability have been discussed. There is scope for improvement. The recognition criteria of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities have been discussed with minor errors and ambiguity. The recognition criteria of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities have been discussed with major errors and ambiguity. An attempt has been made to discuss the recognition criteria of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability but the answer is mostly irrelevant, or an attempt has not been made to discuss the recognition criteria of deferred tax assets. What is your firm’s tax expense in its latest financial statements? /1 The income tax expense has been correctly identified ------ ------ The income tax expense has been incorrectly identified The income tax expense has not been identified. Page 5 of 6 HI5020 Corporate Accounting T1 2020 Is this figure the same as the company tax rate times your firm’s accounting income? Explain why this is, or is not, the case for your firm highlighting the reasons for differences. /3 Demonstrated an excellent understanding of the issue. The reasons for the differences have been identified and explained Demonstrated a good understanding of the issue. The reasons for the differences have been identified and explained Demonstrated a poor understanding of the issue. The reasons for the differences have been identified and explained with minor errors Demonstrated a poor understanding of the issue. The reasons for the differences have been identified and explained with major errors Demonstrated very poor or no understanding of the
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ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAX
ABSTRACT
The following assignment focuses on the accounting effect of the income tax in the balance sheet and income statement. The calculation of the amount of profit in the balance sheet and income statement represents the income as per the accrual method of recognition of income as per the Corporations Act, 2001 but the amount of income on which the company is liable to pay the income tax is called as Taxable profit which is calculated as per the income tax laws. This assignment states the treatment of the difference amount between the taxable income and the accounting income and the imp
act of the same on the financial statements.
    Serial Number
    Contents
    Page Number
    1.
    Introduction
    1
    2.
    Concepts
    2-5
    3.
    Criteria for Recognition of deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability
    6
    4.
    Recognition of Tax Expense
    7
    5.
    Accounting Income and Taxable Income
    8
    6.
    Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities-Recognized
    9-10
    7.
    Income Tax Payable compared with Income Tax Expenses
    11
    8.
    Income Tax Expense compared with Income Tax Paid
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    9.
    Temporary Difference and Permanent Difference
    13
    10.
    Insights
    14
    11.
    Conclusion
    15
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    References comparison
    16-17
INTRODUCTION
Transurban group was established in 1996 and the main business of the company is to operate and develop a toll roads network. The main business of the company is in Australia and the United States of America. The company is involved in designing and construction of roads and also invests in research and development of the new vehicles and making such technology to keep the roads safe. The company has seven toll roads in Australia and America. The revenue of the company saw a growth of 11.6% in the financial year ending 30th June, 2019 with an EBIDTA growth of 12.3%. The underlying cost increased by 2% and the foreign exchange impact cost increased the cost by 0.7%.
CONCEPTS
ACCOUNTING PROFIT
The amount of income as recognized in the consolidated income statement using the AS and guidelines as provided by the authorities and by using the rules and regulations of the corporations act. This is also known as the book profit because this is the amount of profit as reflected in the books of account of a company. This profit is calculated based on the accrual concept of accounting that is recording the revenue in the year in which the same is earned (Kahn, M.J., and Baum, N., 2020).
The accounting profit as given in the consolidated income statement of the Transurban Group for the year 30th June, 2019 was $30 and $289 for the year ended 30.06.2018.
TAXABLE PROFIT
Income tax is based on the taxable income as computed by any company using the income tax laws. The income that is taxable is based on the accounting profit from which few amounts are deducted more than the deductions made in consolidated income statements such as the deduction for investment in LIC etc. Few amounts are also not allowed as a deduction which was deducted in the consolidated income statement as expenses but are disallowed as per the income tax laws (Blomquist, S., Newey, W.K., Kumar, A. and Liang, C.Y., 2018).
Their final amount after the deduction and addition from accounting profit is known as taxable profit and the income tax is calculated on this amount.
TEMPORARY DIFFERENCE
As discussed it has been established that there is a difference between the book profit and the taxable income. The difference is because of the applicability of two different laws. The difference between the income in books and the income chargeable to tax which, are capable of getting reversed in future years is known as a temporary difference. As the name suggests, the difference is only temporary and the difference of the current financial year will be adjusted against the profit/ loss of the future years. Temporary difference leads to the creation of DTA or DTL (Yasseen, Y., Jansen, J. and Small, R., 2016).
For Example: The difference in income chargeable to tax and accrued book income due to depreciation on fixed assets.
TAXABLE TEMPORARY DIFFERENCE
This is a category of timing difference wherein the amount of accounting profit is more than the amount of taxable profit. The accounting profit is based on the corporations act and the taxable profit is based on the income tax laws. As the taxable income is lower than the accounting income, the company will be able to postpone the income tax amount to future years and therefore deferred tax liability will be created (Gaertner, F.B., Laplante, S.K. and Lynch, D., 2016).
For example: The company has booked the depreciation in the statement pf income for $100 but as per the income tax laws, the amount of depreciation should be $80. The difference of $20 being excess in accounting profit is called a taxable timing difference.
DEDUCTIBLE TEMPORARY DIFFERENCE
This is a category of timing difference wherein the amount of taxable profit is more than the amount of accounting profit. This is the opposite of the taxable temporary difference. Due to the deductible temporary difference, the company has to pay excess tax in the financial year and the company which will be adjusted against the profit or loss in the future years. This leads to the creation of DTA to be adjusted against the profit or loss of future years (Zhao, P., Jiang, Z., and Huang, S., 2018).
For example: The amount of bonus is allowed as a deduction only if the payment of the same has been made. Therefore if the company accrued the expense in income statement, the same will be deducted for the calculation of taxable profit only if and when the same is paid.
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
Due to the deductible temporary difference wherein the amount of taxable income is more than the amount of accounting income, the company has to pay excess tax in the present financial year the benefit of which will be utilized by the company in the subsequent years. The deductible timing difference will be adjusted against the taxable temporary difference in the future years (Schauer, P., 2018). For the adjustment in the corresponding tax amount, DTA are created that will be written off in the subsequent years.
For example: Due to...
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