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13 October 2025 | 12:00

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ISIN No INE886D01026 BSE Code / NSE Code 512008 / EFCIL Book Value (Rs.) 48.11 Face Value 2.00
Bookclosure 11/02/2025 52Week High 357 EPS 11.33 P/E 26.79
Market Cap. 3021.94 Cr. 52Week Low 285 P/BV / Div Yield (%) 6.31 / 0.00 Market Lot 1.00
Security Type Other

ACCOUNTING POLICY

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Year End :2024-03 

2 Summary of significant accounting policies

(a) Statement of compliance and basis of preparation

The financial statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2024 have been prepared in accordance with Indian Accounting Standards ("Ind AS”) notified under the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2016 (as amended from time to time), and presentation requirements of Division II of Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013, (Ind AS compliant Schedule III), as applicable to the financial statement.

These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention on an accrual and going concern basis except for certain financial assets and liabilities which are measured at fair value. The financial statements are presented in INR and all values are rounded to the nearest lakhs (INR 00000), except when otherwise indicated.

(b) Functional and presentation currency

The company's financial statements are presented in Indian Rupees (INR), which is the functional and presentation currency.

(c) Adoption of IND AS 115 Revenue from contracts with customers

MCA has notified Ind AS 115 - Revenue from contracts with customer, mandatorily applicable from 01 April 2018 either based on a full retrospective or modified retrospective application. The standard requires the Company to recognise revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. It establishes a new five-step model that will apply to revenue arising from contracts with customers.

The application of the new accounting policy has required management to make the following judgments:

The Company is required to assess each of its contracts with customers to determine whether performance obligations are satisfied over time or at a point in time in order to determine the appropriate method of recognising revenue. The Company has assessed that based on the sale and purchase agreements entered into with customers and the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, where contracts are entered

into to provide real estate assets to customer, the Company does not create an asset with an alternative use to the Company and usually has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. In these circumstance the Company recognises revenue over time. Where this is not the case revenue is recognised at a point in time.

Determination of transaction prices

The Company is required to determine the transaction price in respect of each of its contracts with customers. In making such judgment the Company assess the impact of any variable consideration in the contract, due to discounts or penalties, the existence of any significant financing component in the contract and any non-cash consideration in the contract. In determining the impact of variable consideration the Company uses the "most-likely amount" method in IndAS 115, whereby the transaction price is determined by reference to the single most likely amount in a range of possible consideration amounts.

Transfer of control in contracts with customers

In cases where the Company determines that performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time, revenue is recognised when control over the assets that is the subject of the contract is transferred to the customer. In the case of contracts to sell real estate assets this is generally when the unit has been registered through a sale deed and legal enforceable right to collect payment is established.

In addition, the application of Ind AS 115 has resulted in the following estimation process:

Allocation of transaction price to performance obligation in contracts with customers

For registered contracts through a sale deed , but the project is not complete, revenue from such contracts is recognised over time. The Company has elected to apply the input method in allocating the transaction price to performance obligations where revenue is recognised over time. The Company considers that the use of the input method which requires revenue recognition on the basis of the Company's efforts to the satisfaction of the performance obligation provides the best reference of revenue actually earned. In applying the input method the Company estimates the cost to complete the projects in order to determine the amount of revenue to be recognised. These estimates include the cost of providing infrastructure, potential claims by contractors as evaluated by the project consultant and the cost of meeting other contractual obligations to the customers.

lc) Fair value measurements

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using

another valuation technique. The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or the transfer the liability takes place either: in the principal market for the asset or liability, or in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in economic best interest.

A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant's ability to generate economic benefits by using the assets in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use.

The Company uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, maximizing the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizing the use of unobservable inputs.

All assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the financial statements are categorized within the fair value hierarchy, described as follows, based on the lowest input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole:

Level 1: Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Valuation techniques for which the lowest input that is significant to the fair value measurement is directly or indirectly observable.

Level 3: Valuation techniques for which the lowest input that is significant to the fair value measurement is unobservable.

For assets and liabilities that are recognized in the financial statements on recurring basis, the Company determines whether transfers have occurred between levels in the hierarchy by re-assessing categorization (based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole) at the end of each reporting period. The assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis, primarily consists of non-financial assets such as intangible assets

For the purpose of fair value disclosures, the Company has determined the class of assets and liabilities on the basis of the nature, characteristic and risks of the assets and liability and the level of fair value hierarchy as explained above.

(d) Current versus non-current classification

The Company presents assets and liabilities in the balance sheet based on current/ non-current classification.

(i) An asset is classified as current when it is:

• Expected to be realized or intended to sold or consumed in normal operating cycle

• Held primarily for the purpose of trading

• Expected to be realized within twelve months after the reporting period, or

• Cash or cash equivalents unless restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period

(ii) All other assets are classified as non-current.

(iii) A liability is classified as current when:

• It is expected to be settled in normal operating cycle

• It is held primarily for the purpose of trading

• It is due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period, or

• There is no unconditional right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period

(iv) All other liabilities are classified as non-current.

(v) Deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as noncurrent assets and liabilities.

Based on the nature of service, the Company has ascertained its operating cycle as twelve months for all assets and liabilities.

(e) Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. The cost comprises purchase price, cost directly attributable to bring the assets to its working condition for the intended use and borrowing costs, if capitalization criteria are met. Any trade discounts and rebates are deducted in arriving at the purchase price.

Subsequent expenditure related to an item of Property, plant and equipment is added to its book value only if it increases the future benefits from the existing asset beyond its previously assessed standard of performance. All other expenses on existing Property, plant and equipment, including day-to-day repair and maintenance expenditure and cost of replacing parts, are charged to the statement of profit and loss for the period during which such expenses are incurred.

Gains or losses arising from de-recognition of Property, plant and equipment are measured as the difference between the

net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and are recognized in the statement of profit and loss when the asset is de-recognized.

The Company identifies and determines cost of asset significant to total cost of the asset having useful life that is materially different from that of the remaining life. Property, plant and equipment under installation or construction as at balance sheet date are shown as capital work-in-progress and the related advances are shown as other assets.

Depreciation on property, plant and equipment is provided on the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, as estimated by the Management. The identified components, if any, are depreciated on their useful lives; the remaining asset is depreciated over the life of the principal asset. Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013, prescribes useful life for fixed assets. Further schedule II also allows companies to use higher/ lower useful live and residual value if such useful live and residual values can be technically supported and justification for differences is disclosed in the financial statements. The Management believes that depreciation rate currently used fairly reflects the estimate of the useful lifes and residual value of property plant and equipments, though these rates in certain cases are different from lives prescribed under Schedule II.

The Company has estimated the following useful lives to provide depreciation on its Property, plant and equipment, as follows:

Intangible assets are amortized on a straight line basis over the estimated useful life. The Company uses a rebuttable presumption that the useful life of an intangible asset will not exceed ten years from the date when the asset is available for use. Such intangible assets and intangible assets not yet available for use are tested for impairment annually, either individually or at the cash-generating unit level. All other intangible assets are assessed for impairment whenever there is an indication that the intangible asset may be impaired.

The amortization period and the amortization method for an intangible asset are reviewed at least at the end of each reporting year. Changes in the expected useful life or the expected pattern of consumption of future economic benefits embodied in the asset are considered to modify the amortization period or method, as appropriate, and are treated as changes in accounting estimates. The amortization expense on intangible assets with finite lives is recognized in the statement of profit and loss unless such expenditure forms part of another asset.

Gains or losses arising from de-recognition of an intangible asset are measured as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and are recognized in the statement of profit and loss when the asset is de-recognized.

The Company has estimated the following useful lives to provide amortisation on intangible assets, as follows:

* Telephone equipment are depreciated over a period of 3 years as per internal technical evaluation

Lease-hold improvements are amortised over the useful life of assets or the primary period of lease, whichever is shorter. Pro-rata depreciation is provided from / upto the date of purchase /disposal forassets purchased or sold during the year. Assets individually costing INR 5,000 or less are depreciated over a period of one year.

The residual values, useful lives and methods of depreciation of property, plant and equipment are reviewed at each financial year end and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.

(f) Intangible assets

Intangible assets acquired separately are measured on initial recognition at cost. Following initial recognition, intangible assets are carried at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses, if any.

(g) Foreign currency transactions and translations

These financial statements are presented in Indian rupees ('INR'), the currency of India, which is the functional currency of the Company.

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded by the Company at their respective functional currency spot rates at the date of the transaction. Foreign-currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities are translated to the relevant functional currency at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Exchange differences arising on settlement or translation of monetary items are recognized in the statement of profit and loss. Foreign currency non-monetary assets / liabilities, measured at historical cost are translated at the exchange rate prevalent at the date of the initial transaction. Non-monetary items measured at fair value are translated at the exchange rate prevalent at the date when the fair value was determined. The gain / loss arising on translation of nonmonetary item measured at fair value are treated in line with the recognition of the gain / loss on the change in the fair value of the item [other comprehensice income or profit and loss, respectively].

(h) Revenue recognition

In March 2018, Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA”) had notified Ind AS 115, 'Revenue from Contract with Customers', replacing the existing revenue recognition standards Ind AS 18, 'Revenue'. As per the new standard, revenue is recognised to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to a customer in an amount that reflects the fair value of the consideration received or receivable which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Ind AS 115 establishes a five-step model that is applied to revenue earned from a contract with a customer, regardless of the type of revenue transaction or the industry. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 April, 2018. The Company has adopted to the extent applicable this standard using the modified retrospective approach.

Revenue is recognized when, or as, control of a promised service transfers to a customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring those services. To recognize revenues, the following five step approach is applied: (1) identify the contract with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenues when a performance obligation is satisfied.

Revenue recognition for time-and-material

Revenues related to time-and-materials are recognized over the period the services are provided using an input method (efforts expended).

Because of control transferring over time, revenue is recognized based on the extent of progress towards completion of the performance obligation. The Company generally use the efforts expended as measure of progress for the Company's contracts because there is a direct relationship between input and productivity.

Revenue recognition for fixed price contracts

Revenue related to fixed price contracts where performance obligations are satisfied over time is recognized either using the input method or output method. Under the input method, revenue is recognized based on the efforts incurred to date as a percentage of the total estimated efforts to fulfil the contract (i.e., percentage-of-completion (POC) method of accounting). Under output method, revenue is recognized based on the number of tasks completed. Provisions for estimated losses on contracts-in-progress are recorded in the period in which such losses become probable based on the current contract estimates.

Fixed price contracts are often modified to account for changes in contract specifications and requirements. The Company considers contract modifications to exist

when the modification either creates new or changes the existing enforceable rights and obligations. Most of contract modifications are for services that are not distinct from the existing contract due to the significant service provided in the context of the contract and are accounted for as if they were part of that existing contract. The effect of a contract modification on the transaction price and our measure of progress for the performance obligation to which it relates, is recognized as an adjustment to revenue (either as an increase in or a reduction of revenue) on a cumulative catch-up basis.

Revenue is recognized net of discounts and allowances, goods and services taxes, and includes reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses, with the corresponding out-ofpocket expenses included in cost of revenues.

The Company extend credit to clients based upon Management's assessment of their creditworthiness. The Company assess the timing of the transfer of services to the customer as compared to the timing of payments to determine whether a significant financing component exists. As a practical expedient, the Company do not assess the existence of a significant financing component when the difference between payment and transfer of deliverables is a year or less. If the difference in timing arises for reasons other than the provision of finance to either the customer or the Company, no financing component is deemed to exist. The primary purpose of our invoicing terms is to provide customers with simplified and predictable ways of purchasing our services, not to receive or provide financing from or to customers.

Incentive revenues, volume discounts, or any other form of variable consideration is estimated using either the sum of probability weighted amounts in a range of possible consideration amounts (expected value), or the single most likely amount in a range of possible consideration amounts (most likely amount), depending on which method better predicts the amount of consideration realizable. Transaction price includes variable consideration only to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal of revenues recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is resolved. The estimates of variable consideration and determination of whether to include estimated amounts in the transaction price may involve judgment and are based largely on an assessment of anticipated performance and all information that is reasonably available to the Company.

Contract liabilities consist of advance payments and billings in excess of revenues recognized. The Company classify contract liability as current or noncurrent based on the timing of when they expect to recognize the revenues. The Company classify it's right to consideration in exchange for deliverables as either as accounts receivable or a contract assets.

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. Revenue recognized but not billed to customers is classified as contract assets in the statements of financial position. Contract assets represents contracts where right to consideration is unconditional (i.e. only the passage of time is required before the payment is due).

Finance income

For all debt instruments measured either at amortised cost or at fair value through other comprehensive income, interest income is recorded using the effective interest rate (EIR). EIR is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future cash payments or receipts over the expected life of the financial instrument or a shorter period, where appropriate, to the gross carrying amount of the financial asset or to the amortised cost of a financial liability. When calculating the effective interest rate, the Company estimates the expected cash flows by considering all the contractual terms of the financial instrument (for example, prepayment, extension, call and similar options) but does not consider the expected credit losses.

Dividend income

Revenue is recognised when the Company's right to receive dividend is established, which is generally the shareholders' approval date.

(i) Borrowing Costs

Borrowing costs that are attributable to the acquisition or construction of qualifying assets are capitalized as part of the cost of such assets. A qualifying asset is one that necessarily takes a substantial period of time to get ready for its intended use or sale. All other borrowing costs are charged to the statement of profit and loss.

Borrowing costs also include exchange differences to the extent regarded as an adjustment to the borrowing costs.

(j) Leases

The Company assesses at contract inception whether a contract is, or contains, a lease. That is, if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.

Policy applicable before April 01, 2019

The determination of whether an arrangement is (or contains) a lease is based on the substance of the arrangement at the inception of the lease. The arrangement is, or contains lease, if fulfilment of the arrangement is dependent on the use of specific asset or assets and the arrangement conveys the right to use the asset or assets, even if that right is explicitly in an arrangement.

A lease is classified at the inception date as finance lease or operating lease.

Finance lease

Finance lease, which effectively transfer to the Company substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to the ownership of the leased item, are capitalised at the inception of the lease term at the lower of the fair value of leased property and present value of minimum lease payments.

Lease payment are apportioned between the finance charges and reduction of lease liability so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of lease liability. Finance charge are recognised as finance costs in the statement of profit and loss. Lease management fee, legal charges and other initial direct costs of lease are capitalized as they are directly attributable to the asset.

A leased asset is depreciated on straight line basis over the useful life of the asset. However if there are no reasonable certainty that the Company will obtain the ownership by the end of the lease term the capitalized asset is depreciated on straight line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term.

Operating lease

Lease where the lessor effectively retains substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership of the leases term are classifies as operating leases. Operating lease payments are recognised as expense in statement of profit and loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Policy applicable with effect from April 01, 2019 Company as a lessee

A contract is, or contains, a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. To assess whether the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset, the Company assesses whether:

- the contract involves the use of an identified asset;

- the Company has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the asset throughout the period of use; and

- the Company has the right to direct the use of the asset.

At inception or on reassessment of a contract that contains lease component, the Company allocates the consideration in the contract to each lease component on the basis of the relative stand-alone price of the lease component and the aggregate stand-alone price of the non-lease components.

Right-of-use assets

The Company recognises right-of-use assets at the commencement date of the lease (i.e., the date the underlying asset is available for use). Right-of-use assets are measured

at cost, less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, and adjusted for any remeasurement of lease liabilities. The cost of right-of-use assets includes the amount of lease liabilities recognised, initial direct costs incurred, and lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any lease incentives received.

The right-of-use asset is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated depreciation, accumulated impairment losses, if any and adjusted for any remeasurement of the lease liability. Right-of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term and the estimated useful lives of the right-of-use assets. The estimated useful life of the right-of-use assets are determined on the same basis as those of property, plant and equipment. Right-of-use assets are tested for impairment, whenever there is indication that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Impairment loss, if any, is recognised in statement of profit and loss.

Lease Liabilities

At the commencement date of the lease, the Company recognises lease liabilities measured at the present value of lease payments to be made over the lease term. The lease payments include fixed payments (including in substance fixed payments) less any lease incentives receivable, variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate, and amounts expected to be paid under residual value guarantees. The lease payments also include the exercise price of a purchase option reasonably certain to be exercised by the Company and payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the Company exercising the option to terminate. Variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or a rate are recognised as expenses (unless they are incurred to produce inventories) in the period in which the event or condition that triggers the payment occurs.

In calculating the present value of lease payments, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate at the lease commencement date because the interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable. After the commencement date, the amount of lease liabilities is increased to reflect the accretion of interest and reduced for the lease payments made. In addition, the carrying amount of lease liabilities is remeasured if there is a modification, a change in the lease term, a change in the lease payments (e.g., changes to future payments resulting from a change in an index or rate used to determine such lease payments) or a change in the assessment of an option to purchase the underlying asset.

The lease liability is subsequently remeasured by increasing the carrying amount to reflect the interest on lease liability, reducing carrying amount to reflect the lease payment made and remeasuring the carrying amount to reflect any reassessment or lease modifications or reflect revised insubstance fixed lease payments.

Short-term leases and leases of low-value assets

The Company applies the short-term lease recognition exemption to its short-term leases of machinery and equipment (i.e., those leases that have a lease term of 12 months or less from the commencement date and do not contain a purchase option). It also applies the lease of low-value assets recognition exemption to leases of office equipment that are considered to be low value. Lease payments on short-term leases and leases of low-value assets are recognised as expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Company as a lessor

Leases in which the Company does not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of an asset are classified as operating leases. Rental income arising is accounted for on a straight-line basis over the lease terms. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognised over the lease term on the same basis as rental income. Contingent rents are recognised as revenue in the period in which they are earned.

(k) Employee benefits expense and retirement

(i) Gratuity liability

The Company provides for gratuity, a defined benefit plan (the "Gratuity Plan”) covering eligible employees. The Gratuity Plan provides a lump sum payment to vested employees at retirement, death, incapacitation or termination of employment, of an amount based on the respective employee's base salary and the tenure of employment. The liability is determined based on an actuarial valuation carried out by an independent actuary as at the balance sheet date using the projected unit credit method. Actuarial gains / losses are recognized immediately in the balance sheet with a corresponding debit or credit to retained earnings through other comprehensive income in the year in which they occur.

(ii) Compensated absences

The employees of the Company are entitled to compensated absences which are both accumulating and non-accumulating in nature. The employees can carry forward up to the specified portion of the unutilized accumulated compensated absences and utilize it in future periods or receive cash as per the Company policy. The expected cost of accumulating compensated absences is determined by actuarial valuation (using the projected unit credit method) based on the additional amount expected to be paid as a result of the unused entitlement that has accumulated at the balance sheet date. The expense on non-

accumulating compensated absences is recognized in the statement of profit and loss in the year in which the absences occur.

The Company presents the liability as current liability in the balance sheet, to the extent it does not have an unconditional legal and contractual right to defer its settlement for twelve months after the reporting date.

(iii) Provident fund

The Company's contribution to provident fund is charged to the statement of profit and loss. The Company's contributions towards provident fund are deposited with the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner under a defined contribution plan, in accordance with Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.

(iv) Share based compensation

Stock-based compensation represents the cost related to stock-based awards granted to employees of the Company by its ultimate holding Company. In accordance with Ind AS 102, 'Accounting for share based payment', the Company measures stock-based compensation cost at grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award and recognizes the cost (net of estimated forfeitures) over the requisite service period. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options and the cost is recorded under the head employee benefit expense in the statement of profit and loss with corresponding increase in "Share Based Payment Reserve”.

(v) Short-term employee benefits comprising employee costs including performance bonus is recognized in the statement of profit and loss on the basis of the amount paid or payable for the period during which services are rendered by the employee.

(l) Tax expense

Tax expense comprises current and deferred income tax. Current income-tax is measured at the amount expected to be paid to the tax authorities in accordance with the Income-tax Act, 1961 enacted in India and tax laws prevailing in the respective tax jurisdictions where the Company operates. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted or substantively enacted, at the reporting date.

Current income tax relating to items recognized outside profit or loss is recognized outside profit or loss (either in other comprehensive income or in equity). Current tax items are recognized in correlation to the underlying transaction either in OCI or directly in equity. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in the tax returns with respect to

situations in which applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation and establishes provisions where appropriate.

Deferred income taxes reflect the impact of temporary differences between taxable income and accounting income originating during the current year and reversal of timing differences for the earlier years. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences, except when the deferred tax liability arises from the initial recognition of goodwill or an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit nor the taxable profit or loss.

Deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences, the carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses. Deferred tax assets are recognized only to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which deductible temporary differences, the carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be utilized, except when the deferred tax asset arises from the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit nor the taxable profit or loss.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow or part of the deferred tax asset to be utilised. Unrecognized deferred tax assets are re-assessed at each reporting date and are recognized to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax assets to be recovered.

Current and deferred tax are recognised in profit or loss, except when they are related to items that are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case, the current and deferred tax are also recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset, if a legally enforceable right exists to set-off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and deferred taxes relate to the same taxable entity and the same taxation authority.