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Annual report and accounts 2005

21 Deferred taxation

Rolls-Royce
  £m
At January 1, 2004 (restated) 219
Amount charged to income statement (25)
Amount credited to statement of recognised income and expense 2
Amount credited to equity 6
Exchange movements 1
At January 1, 2005 203
On implementation of IAS 32 and IAS 39 on January 1, 2005 (119)
At January 1, 2005 (restated) 84
Amount charged to income statement (74)
Amount credited to statement of recognised income and expense 84
Amount credited to equity 162
Exchange movements 5
At December 31, 2005 261

The analysis of the deferred tax position is as follows:

  2005
£m
2004
£m
Property, plant and equipment (138) (131)
Other temporary differences (219) (181)
Pensions and other post-retirement benefits 505 425
Foreign exchange and commodity financial assets and liabilities (77)
Losses 126 26
Advance corporation tax 64 64
  261 203

Analysed as:
Deferred tax assets 439 318
Deferred tax liabilities (178) (115)
  261 203

Deferred tax not recognised on unused tax losses and other items1
146 126
  1. Deferred tax not recognised on the basis that the future economic benefit is uncertain.

In addition there are temporary differences of £467m (2004 £380m) relating to investments in subsidiaries and joint ventures. No deferred tax has been provided in respect of these differences, since the timing of the reversals can be controlled and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the future.