12 Months Financial Report - Turkish Airlines

TÜRK HAVA YOLLARI ANONİM ORTAKLIĞINOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSFOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER, 20092. BASIS OF PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Cont’d)2.5 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Cont’d)2.5.15 Taxation and Deferred Tax (Cont’d)Current taxThe tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit asreported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable ordeductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The Group’sliability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by thebalance sheet date.Deferred TaxDeferred tax is recognized on differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in thefinancial statements and the corresponding tax bases which is used in the computation of taxable profit,and is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method.Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognized for all taxable temporary differences and deferred taxassets are recognized for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxableprofits will be available against which those deductible temporary differences can be utilized. Such assetsand liabilities are not recognized if the temporary difference arises from goodwill or from the initialrecognition (other than in a business combination) of other assets and liabilities in a transaction thataffects neither the taxable profit nor the accounting profit.Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences associated with investments insubsidiaries and affiliates, and interests in joint ventures, except where the Group is able to control thereversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in theforeseeable future. Deferred tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences associated with suchinvestments and interests are only recognized to the extent that it is probable that there will be sufficienttaxable profits against which to utilize the benefits of the temporary differences and they are expected toreverse in the foreseeable future. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each balancesheet date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will beavailable to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period inwhich the liability is settled or the asset realized, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enactedor substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assetsreflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Group expects, at thereporting date, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.23