accoutant
41 Points
Joined December 2008
Hi,
DTL or DTA can be simply explained as it is a tax amount - Asset / Liability arising due to/ generally for the following areas / matters ( due to timing difference)
1) As you are aware The deprecitaion provided under company's books is as per compnay policy / as per companies Act 1956 but while caluclating Income tax liability , deprecaition can be claimed at rate specified in U/s 32- in this case u have take the diffrence between ? Compnays book Depreciation and IT depriciation
2) Where the expenses are dissallowed under income tax act due to noncomplience with TDS provisions, which can be claimed on in the year of remittance of TDS - so here the diffrence between expenses booked and expnses allowed under IT act diffres,this is also an element for computation of DTA / DTL
3) Similarly, expnses which are allowed under income tax act on payment basis ex: gratuity , leave encashment etc.
4) The expnses which is permanetly dissallowed can't be taken as it is not allowable in future under IT act.
read AS 22 for better understnding.