Financial Statements




VECTOR Limited

Electricity Lines Business

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

For the year ended 31 March 2002

2002 2001
$'000 $'000

4. INCOME TAX

Operating surplus before tax | 102,904 | 106,017

Prima facie tax at 33% | 33,958 | 34,985

Plus/(less) tax effect of permanent differences:

Non-deductible entertainment | 28 | 20
Non-deductible legal and consulting | 82 | 223
Prior period adjustment | 180 | 246
Other permanent differences | 5,796 | 6,871

Tax expense | 40,044 | 42,345

The tax charge is represented by:

Current tax | 22,347 | 36,111
Deferred tax | 17,697 | 6,234
| 40,044 | 42,345

Some tax benefits in VECTOR Limited are not included in the calculation of the line business tax expense as these losses arise from prior period transactions incurred by “other” activities. Only those taxation items directly attributable to the line business are taken into account in determining the income tax balances in these financial statements.

5. IMPUTATION BALANCES

2002 2001
$'000 $'000

Balance at beginning of year | 4,582 | 768
Income tax payments during year | 23,525 | 4,200
Imputation credits attaching to dividends paid | (10,420) | (386)

Balance at end of year | 17,687 | 4,582

The tax paid above represents the amount actually paid by VECTOR Group, of which the lines business is the predominant activity. This differs from the tax paid in the statement of cash flows as that figure represents the lines business' allocation of the total tax payment, without taking into account the losses incurred by the other business. At balance date the imputation credits available to the shareholders of the VECTOR group of which the line business is the predominant activity were:

Through direct shareholding in VECTOR Limited of which the line business is the predominant activity | 17,687 | 4,582



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2002, No 124


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2002, No 124





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