Deferred Tax Numbers on Footnote vs. Balance Sheet
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Review how companies report deferred taxes in their financials
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Here we have a footnote for deferred taxes. In the bottom we see the deferred tax liabilities and in very small writing but the first few items are goodwill and other intangible assets and fixed assets. These are the two biggest items here and they are the most common source of deferred tax liabilities being intangibles and PP&E, property, plant and equipment. In the top half of the footnotes we see the deferred tax assets and the top three items there, again, very small writing. It says pension and post retirement benefits, loss and other carry forwards,and stock-based compensation and they represent the most common source of deferred tax assets, i.e., employee comp, compensation and losses. Now, the footnote for deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities is often not reconcilable to the balance sheet deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities. There are two reasons for this. First of all, we may find that some of these items are actually embedded in other line items on the balance sheet, and secondly companies are allowed to offset their assets and liabilities when putting them onto the balance sheets. On the balance sheet, we can see current and deferred taxes. In the current liabilities section, in the bottom half of this table gets written very small it says current income tax liabilities. That means your current taxes are reported on the current period tax returns and they'll be paid off within a short period. However, your deferred taxes will be reported on future period tax returns, so we'll often see them in non-current liabilities, but you do sometimes see them in current liabilities as well.