Prevents the same covered-tax amount from adjusting current tax expense more than once when it falls under multiple items.
What should you do now?Assign a unique identifier to every tax amount in the adjustment register to detect duplication.
What does the official Article provide?
The official source is Arabic. This English commentary is explanatory and is not presented as an official translation.
Prevents the same covered-tax amount from adjusting current tax expense more than once when it falls under multiple items.
This is a verified summary rather than a verbatim reproduction. Consult the official Arabic text, the Law and later decisions before making a final determination.
What does the Article mean in plain language?
Where the same Covered Tax amount falls under more than one clause of Articles 30 and 31, adjust it only once. Identify the underlying amount rather than counting accounting lines. Give each reconciliation item a reference, identify the applicable provisions and record where the adjustment was made. Multiple descriptions in the rules do not permit multiple increases to Covered Taxes.
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Assign a unique identifier to every tax amount in the adjustment register to detect duplication.
How can the rule appear in practice?
A tax amount of 20 appears in pre-tax expense and a supporting adjustment schedule. Its addition is 20, not 40, if both represent the same amount.
This illustration is not an NBR case or a binding outcome for a particular fact pattern.Adding the same tax through both the expense line and the adjustment schedule.
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Is this Article enough on its own?
Usually not. Read it with the connected Law Article, definitions, any effective election and current NBR guidance, especially for an amount or deadline.
Does NBR guidance replace the Regulations?
No. Guidance explains application and supports procedures and examples, but current legislation and decisions prevail in case of inconsistency.