TAN CHONG MOTOR HOLDINGS BERHAD
Annual Report 2014
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2.
Significant accounting policies (continued)
(o) Borrowing costs
Borrowing costs that are not directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset
are recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method.
Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets, which are
assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to get ready for their intended use or sale, are capitalised
as part of the cost of those assets.
The capitalisation of borrowing costs as part of the cost of a qualifying asset commences when expenditure for
the asset is being incurred, borrowing costs are being incurred and activities that are necessary to prepare the
asset for its intended use or sale are in progress. Capitalisation of borrowing costs is suspended or ceases when
substantially all the activities necessary to prepare the qualifying asset for its intended use or sale are interrupted
or completed.
Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure on
qualifying assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalisation.
(p) Income tax
Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Current tax and deferred tax are recognised in profit or
loss except to the extent that it relates to a business combination or items recognised directly in equity or other
comprehensive income.
Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income or loss for the year, using tax rates
enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect
of previous financial years.
Deferred tax is recognised using the liability method, providing for temporary differences between the carrying
amounts of assets and liabilities in the statement of financial position and their tax bases. Deferred tax is not
recognised for the following temporary differences: the initial recognition of goodwill, the initial recognition of
assets or liabilities in a transaction that is not a business combination and that affects neither accounting nor
taxable profit or loss. Deferred tax is measured at the tax rates that are expected to be applied to the temporary
differences when they reverse, based on the laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of
the reporting period.
Where investment properties are carried at fair value in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note
2(g), the amount of deferred tax recognised is measured using the tax rates that would apply on sales of those
assets at their carrying value at the reporting date unless the property is depreciable and is held with the objective
to consume substantially all of the economic benefits embodied in the property over time, rather than through sale.
In all other cases, the amount of deferred tax recognised is measured based on the expected manner of realisation
or settlement of the carrying amount of the assets and liabilities, using tax rates enacted or substantially enacted
at the reporting date. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset if there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and
liabilities, and they relate to income taxes levied by the same tax authority on the same taxable entity, or on
different tax entities, but they intend to settle current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis or their tax assets and
liabilities will be realised simultaneously.
A deferred tax asset is recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available
against which temporary difference can be utilised. Deferred tax assets are reviewed at the end of each reporting
period and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the related tax benefit will be realised.
Unutilised reinvestment allowance and investment tax allowance, being tax incentives that is not a tax base of an
asset, is recognised as a deferred tax asset to the extent that it is probable that the future taxable profits will be
available against the unutilised tax incentive can be utilised.
