Vesuvius plc – Annual report – 31 December 2017
Industry: manufacturing
- Income Tax (extract)
Change in accounting policy
Previously, the common understanding and interpretation of IAS 12 allowed a company to include in its tax charges, liabilities and provisions any associated delayed settlement interest and penalties. Vesuvius followed this approach. The recent clarification by the IFRS Interpretations Committee (previously the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee, IFRIC), however, is that a company should include in its tax charges, liabilities and provisions only items meeting the strict definition of taxes under IAS 12. It confirmed that items not meeting that definition should be reported in accordance with IAS 37.
Vesuvius has accordingly changed its accounting policy to include interest and penalties on tax in trade and other payables in accordance with IAS 37. This has resulted in a change to its Group Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2016 to reclassify £7.0m from its liabilities and provisions previously reported as tax to trade and other payables. The effect of this change on its 2016 performance statements is immaterial and no restatement is therefore required to be made.
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