Regulates deferred tax assets and liabilities in the transition year, excludes certain assets arising after 30 November 2021 and addresses pre-transition asset transfers.
What should you do now?Create a transition file tracing each deferred balance and asset transfer from 30 November 2021 to the first application year.
What does the official Article provide?
The official source is Arabic. This English commentary is explanatory and is not presented as an official translation.
Regulates deferred tax assets and liabilities in the transition year, excludes certain assets arising after 30 November 2021 and addresses pre-transition asset transfers.
This is a verified summary, not a substitute quotation. The complete official Arabic text is linked below and must be read with the Regulations and later decisions for a final decision.
What does the Article mean in plain language?
Opening balances are not merely copied from the accounts; origin date, item type, transfer date and carrying value affect their treatment.
Groups, advisers, tax agents and anyone reviewing powers, implementation and transition.
Create a transition file tracing each deferred balance and asset transfer from 30 November 2021 to the first application year.
Including all deferred tax assets in the effective rate without testing their origin and date.
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