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FRS 102 ― tax reconciliation disclosures

Produced by Tolley in association with
Corporation Tax
Guidance

FRS 102 ― tax reconciliation disclosures

Produced by Tolley in association with
Corporation Tax
Guidance
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Introduction

FRS 102 requires a note to the financial statements that reconcile:

  1. •

    the total tax expense (income) included in profit or loss, and

  2. •

    the profit or loss on ordinary activities before tax multiplied by the ‘applicable tax rate’

FRS 102, s 29.27(b)

This allows users to understand the reasons why the actual tax expense is not equal to the profit before tax figure multiplied by the corporation tax rate in force at the reporting date.

‘Applicable tax rate’ is not defined by FRS 102. The same phrase is, however, used in International Financial Reporting Standard IAS 12 [IAS 12.85] and there would seem to be a choice of using

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Malcolm Greenbaum
Malcolm Greenbaum

Director and Principal Trainer at Greenbaum Training and Consultancy Limited


Malcolm is a UK Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor winning the John Wood Medal in the November 1995 CIOT sitting for the best paper on business taxation.He was previously Director of Finance and Taxation Programmes at BPP Professional Education and has delivered IFRS, US GAAP, UK Tax and VAT training (at all levels from an introduction to the complexities of IAS 39) to a multitude of organisations world-wide since 1992.Malcolm has particular experience in delivering bespoke training programmes to multi-nationals in the financial services, transport and energy sectors as well as delivering UK tax and VAT update programmes to accounting and law firms.He is passionate about training and his enthusiasm ensures that the participants enjoy the learning experience whilst gaining knowledge through their engagement in the sessions and through encouraging them to ask questions and discuss practical issues they may have.Malcolm also provides consultancy services to companies and accounting firms, including provision of VAT advice, reviewing accounting policy manuals and advising on accounting treatments of various transactions.In his spare time, Malcolm enjoys flying having gained a Private Pilot's Licence in 2014.

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