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CHAPTER 7:Taxation

7.5

Deferred tax

 
Group      Company 
At 31 December  2020 
Rm 
2019 
Rm 
2020 
Rm 
2019 
Rm 
The movements on deferred tax are as follows: 
At beginning of the year  (6 671) (6 351) 296  374 
Items charged to profit or loss  266  (258) 145  (31)
– Current year  235  (317) 145  (59)
– Prior year  31  59  28 
Items charged directly to equity  30  (72) 18  (47)
– Share-based payments movement  30  (72) 18  (47)
Items charged directly to other comprehensive income  111  (7)
– Cash flow hedges  120 
– Retirement employee obligations  (9) (7)
Reclassification to non-current assets held-for-sale  21 
Acquisition of subsidiaries  (917)
Derecognised on loss of control of subsidiary  17 
At end of the year  (7 160) (6 671) 459  296 
Deferred tax asset  1 076  467  459  296 
Deferred tax liability  (8 236) (7 138)
Group
At 31 December 2019  
Assets 
Rm
 
Liabilities 
Rm
 
Total 
net liability 
Rm
 
Property, plant and equipment  588  (7 257) (6 669)
Customer contracts 
Right-of-use assets  (141) 2  (139)
Share-based payments  115  40  155 
Other accruals and provisions  (41) 553  512 
Bad debt reassessment  21  24  45 
Restoration provisions  425  256  681 
Decommissioning provisions  96  56  152 
Leave pay accrual  28  29  57 
Retention payables  57  107  164 
Prepayments  (14) (23) (37)
Environmental rehabilitation funds  (294) (257) (551)
Income received in advance  7  7 
Inventories  (8) 17  9 
Lease receivables  (19) (19)
Local tax losses carried forward  310  55  365 
Revaluation of financial assets at FVOCI  (82) (82)
Retirement employee obligations  51  5  56 
Deferred tax assets not recognised or derecognised  (879) (447) (1 326)
Investment in RBCT  (196) (196)
Unclaimed donations  10  10 
Lease liabilities  136  (1) 135 
Cash flow hedge reserve 
Contributions to Exxaro ESOP Trust 
Total  467  (7 138) (6 671)
Group        
Movement during the year    At 31 December 2020 
Recognised 
in profit 
or loss 
Rm
 
Acquisition 
of 
subsidiaries 
Rm
 
Recognised 
in OCI 
Rm
 
Reclassification 
to non-current 
assets 
held-for-sale 
Rm
 
Recognised 
directly in 
equity 
Rm
 
Assets 
Rm
 
Liabilities 
Rm
 
Total net 
liability 
Rm
 
Property, plant and equipment  41  (1 151) 21  (933) (6 825) (7 758)
Customer contracts  (752) (752) (752)
Right-of-use assets  22  (14) (138) 7  (131)
Share-based payments  (13) 30  121  51  172 
Other accruals and provisions  (317) (2) 197  195 
Bad debt reassessment  40  5  45 
Restoration provisions  (154) 151  376  527 
Decommissioning provisions  (66) 11  37  60  97 
Leave pay accrual  9  30  36  66 
Retention payables  (32) 21  111  132 
Prepayments  (6) (11) (32) (43)
Environmental rehabilitation funds  14  (62) (475) (537)
Income received in advance  6  1  7 
Inventories  4  (9) 22  13 
Lease receivables  2  (17) (17)
Local tax losses carried forward  397  974  1 287  449  1 736 
Revaluation of financial assets at FVOCI  (82) (82)
Retirement employee obligations  (6) (9) 41  41 
Deferred tax assets not recognised or derecognised  182  111  (1 255) (1 144)
Investment in RBCT  (196) (196)
Unclaimed donations  62  72  72 
Lease liabilities  1  15  145  6  151 
Cash flow hedge reserve  120  122  (2) 120 
Contributions to Exxaro ESOP Trust  126  47  79  126 
Total  266  (917) 111  21  30  1 076  (8 236) (7 160)
Company
At 31 December 
2019 
Movement during the year At  31 December  
2020  
Total 
asset 
Rm 
Recognised 
in profit 
or loss 
Rm 
Recognised 
directly in 
equity 
Rm 
Total  
asset1
Rm  
Property, plant and equipment (38) 19  (19) 
Right-of-use assets (123) (123) 
Share-based payments 99  (10) 18  107  
Other accruals and provisions 51  (24) 27  
Bad debt reassessment 3  20  23  
Restoration provisions 10  10  
Leave pay accrual 7  2  9  
Environmental rehabilitation funds (8) (8) 
Lease liabilities 130  (3) 127  
Capital losses 165  121  286  
Unclaimed donations 16  16  
Contributions to Exxaro ESOP Trust 4  4  
Total 296  145  18  459  
1 The deferred tax asset recognised for the company is supported by sufficient forecast profits to be utilised. The forecast profits are based on agreements in place with commodity businesses within Exxaro and other external parties.

Tax on calculated assessable losses and unredeemed capital expenditure

Group
At 31 December  2020 
Rm 
2019 
Rm 
Deferred tax assets not recognised, relating to: 
– Local accumulated tax losses  (1 227) (1 304)
– Current year tax losses calculated  (511) 329 
– Unredeemed capital expenditure  (867) (815)