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NOTE 19

Deferred tax


Movements in deferred tax in 2010:
     
€ million 31 Dec. 2009 Income
statement
charge
Tax charged/
credited to
equity
Exchange
differences
Acquisition/sale
of subsidiary
31 Dec. 2010
Deferred tax assets            
Internal margin of inventories 0.9 0.1 1.1
Finance lease assets 0.1 0.1 0.2
Provisions 8.9 0.4 9.2
Pensions 0.5 -0.1 0.5
Confirmed losses 3.9 -0.9 0.3 3.2
Others 17.0 -2.0 -1.4 0.2 0.0 13.8
Total 31.2 -2.4 -1.4 0.5 0.0 28.0
             
Deferred tax liabilities            
Accumulated depreciation differences 39.3 -2.4 -0.6 36.4
Allocation of acquisition cost 24.8 -1.6 0.8 -0.1 23.9
Pensions 83.0 -35.8 0.0 47.2
Others 8.6 1.9 4.3 14.8
Total 155.7 -37.9 4.3 0.8 -0.7 122.2
             
Net deferred tax liabilities 124.5 94.2
             
Balance sheet division of net tax liabilities:
           
€ million       2010   2009
Deferred tax assets       2.7 3.2
Deferred tax liabilities       96.9 127.7
Total       94.2 124.5

 

The group ‘others’ within deferred tax assets includes €2.3 million in deferred tax assets arising from compliance with the Group’s accounting principles and €5.5 million in deferred tax assets resulting from timing differences in local accounting and taxation requirements.


The movements in deferred tax in 2009:
€ million 31 Dec. 2008 Income
statement
charge
Tax charged/
credited to
equity
Exchange
differences
Acquisition/sale
of subsidiary
31 Dec. 2009
Deferred tax assets            
Internal margin of inventories 1.0 0.0 0.9
Finance lease assets 0.2 -0.1 0.1
Provisions 9.1 -0.2 8.9
Pensions 0.9 -0.4 0.5
Confirmed losses 2.8 0.6 0.5 3.9
Others 20.7 -2.6 -1.2 0.1 17.0
Total 34.5 -2.7 -1.2 0.6 0.0 31.2
             
Deferred tax liabilities            
Accumulated depreciation differences 49.5 -10.2 0.0 39.3
Allocation of acquisition cost 22.9 -0.8 1.6 1.0 24.8
Pensions 79.0 4.0 83.0
Others 8.5 2.8 -2.7 -0.1 8.6
Total 159.9 -4.1 -2.7 1.5 0.9 155.7
             
Net deferred tax liabilities 125.5 124.5
             
Balance sheet division of net tax liabilities:
           
€ million       2009   2008
Deferred tax assets       3.2 6.5
Deferred tax liabilities       127.7 132.0
Total       124.5 125.5


Confirmed losses

At 31 December 2010, the Group’s unused confirmed losses were €124.4 million, for which deferred tax assets have not been recognised, because the realisation of the related tax benefit through future taxable profits is not probable.


Confirmed losses for which tax assets have not been recognised expire as follows:
€ million 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016– Total
  0.5 2.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 121.0 124.4

 

Deferred income tax liabilities have not been recognised for taxes payable on subsidiaries’ unremitted earnings, because the subsidiaries’ distributions are at the discretion of the Group, and a distribution with tax effect is not probable in the near future.