Notes to the group financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2006  
 
 
 
    2006 
Rm 
2005 
Rm 
18. Taxation    
18.1 Taxation expense
    South African normal tax    
    Current tax (203) (139)
       Current year (187) (136)
       Prior years (16) (3)
    Deferred tax (4) (13)
       Current year (20) (13)
       Prior years 16  — 
    Foreign tax    
    Current tax (34) (4)
       Current year (26) (7)
       Prior years (8)
    Deferred tax 32  (22)
       Current year (8) (22)
       Prior years 40  — 
    Withholding taxes (4) (2)
    Secondary tax on companies (7) (10)
      (220) (190)
    No material capital gains tax was incurred by the group in the current or previous year.     
  18.2 Tax rate reconciliation of taxation expense    
    The effective tax rate of the group on adjusted profit before tax is set out below:    
    Profit before taxation per income statement 295 657
    Adjusted for:    
    Impairment charges and other capital gains and losses 19 21
    Reported loss arising from accounting for policyholder investments as treasury shares 81 30
    Provisions for client settlements 468
    Net fair value gain (offset by tax expense attributable to policyholders) (18) (9)
    Share of net profits of associates (stated net of taxation) (17) (5)
    Adjusted profit before taxation (a) 828 694
    Taxation expense (b) (220) (190)
    Effective tax rate (a)/(b) 26,6% 27,4%
      % %
    A reconciliation of the normal South African tax rate for companies compared with that charged in the income statement is set out below:    
    Normal tax rate 29,0 30,0
    Increase in rate of tax due to:    
    Secondary tax on companies 0,8 1,4
    Withholding taxes 0,5 0,3
    Unutilised tax losses (net of prior year assessed losses utilised) 0,4
    Exempt income (net of disallowed expenditure) 4,0
    Decrease in rate of tax due to:    
    Disallowed expenditure (net of exempt income) (3,0)
    Foreign tax rate adjustment (3,9) (1,7)
    Prior years overprovision (3,8)
    Effective tax rate on adjusted profit before taxation (as above) 26,6 27,4
    Adjusted for the effects of:    
    Impairment charges and other capital gains and losses. 0,6 0,8
    Reported loss from accounting for policyholder investments as treasury shares 3,0 1,3
    Provisions for client settlements 54,5
    Net fair value gain (offset by tax expense attributable to policyholders) (5,5) (0,4)
    Share of net profits of associates (stated net of taxation) (4,6) (0,2)
    Effective tax rate on profit before taxation (per income statement) 74,6 28,9
      Rm Rm
  18.3 Tax attributable to policyholders’ funds    
    Taxation expense of policyholder fund of multi-manager investment companies operating under limited life insurance licences.    
    Current tax (5)
    Deferred tax (13) (9)
    Policyholder fund tax expense (18) (9)
    The taxation expense attributable to policyholders’ funds is offset by an equivalent net fair value gain attributable to policyholders as reflected on a separate line in the income statement.     
 
 
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