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Deferred Tax and Tax Accounting under IFRS

Deferred tax remains one of the most misunderstood areas of financial reporting, and errors surface repeatedly in audits across listed and privately held African groups. This course demystifies temporary differences, the balance sheet approach and tax rate changes through step by step calculation. Participants leave able to build a defensible deferred tax computation and tax reconciliation note.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain the balance sheet approach to deferred tax recognition.
  • Identify taxable and deductible temporary differences from real balances.
  • Calculate deferred tax assets and liabilities including recoverability tests.
  • Prepare the effective tax rate reconciliation for financial statements.
  • Account for tax rate changes and assessed loss carry forwards.
  • Present tax disclosures that satisfy reporting and audit requirements.

Course outline

  1. 01Current tax and the tax charge
  2. 02Temporary differences explained
  3. 03Deferred tax assets and recoverability
  4. 04Deferred tax on specific balances
  5. 05Tax rate changes and assessed losses
  6. 06Effective tax rate reconciliation
  7. 07Tax disclosure notes
  8. 08Common errors and review checklist

Who should attend

Financial accountants, reporting managers and auditors who prepare or review current and deferred tax figures within IFRS financial statements.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
7 to 9 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Online3US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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