THE EFFECT OF DEFERRED INCOME TAX ON A COMPANY’S FINANCIAL RESULTS
THE EFFECT OF DEFERRED INCOME TAX ON A COMPANY’S FINANCIAL RESULTS

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to present the principles of deferred income tax and to show its impact on a company’s financial result. The article contains a comprehensive, synthetic theoretical approach to the issue of deferred income tax and is enriched with examples of calculations, which means that in addition to the theoretical layer, it brings additional practical value. The essence of deferred income tax, the stages of its determination, and the significance of temporary differences as a basis for calculations, are presented. To implement the research problem, the authors used an example simulation in which the impact of deferred income tax on a company’s financial results was presented. The conducted research showed that deferred income tax might have a positive or negative effect on the net financial result of a given entity, depending on whether the enterprise identifies more temporary negative or positive differences.

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