Annual Report 2012 - Dialog
Annual Report 2012 - Dialog
Annual Report 2012 - Dialog
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116 l <strong>Dialog</strong> Axiata PLC l <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Notes to the Financial Statements<br />
28 Finance income and costs<br />
Group Company<br />
<strong>2012</strong> 2011 <strong>2012</strong> 2011<br />
Interest income on deposits 307,022 424,927 270,214 409,932<br />
Finance income 307,022 424,927 270,214 409,932<br />
Interest expenses on:<br />
- bank overdrafts (137) (59) (41) (106)<br />
- term loans (247,865) (469,174) (247,865) (469,171)<br />
- loans from parent company (241,892) (224,016) (241,892) (224,016)<br />
- finance cost on asset retirement obligations (ARO) (Note 25) (64,272) 213,560 (62,866) 214,084<br />
- finance lease (3,670) (328) Nil Nil<br />
- dividend on cumulative redeemable preference shares<br />
Net foreign exchange loss on foreign currency<br />
(53,904) (207,063) (53,904) (207,063)<br />
transactions / balances (2,422,394) (506,402) (2,376,597) (502,203)<br />
Finance costs (3,034,134) (1,193,482) (2,983,165) (1,188,475)<br />
Finance costs – net (2,727,112) (768,555) (2,712,951) (778,543)<br />
29 Income tax<br />
(a)<br />
Group Company<br />
<strong>2012</strong> 2011 <strong>2012</strong> 2011<br />
Current tax 5,956 51,393 (2,892) 49,770<br />
Economic service charge 2,316 125,181 2,316 114,385<br />
Deferred tax charged to statement of comprehensive<br />
income (Note 23) 304,084 402,083 304,084 402,083<br />
Deferred tax credited to statement of comprehensive<br />
income (Note 23) (2,277,017) Nil (2,277,017) Nil<br />
(1,964,661) 578,657 (1,973,509) 566,238<br />
(b) Under the agreement entered into between the Company and the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI), the main<br />
source of income of the Company is exempt from income tax for fifteen years (initial tax exemption period of seven<br />
years was extended to fifteen years as per the amendment made to BOI agreement on 17 April 2003) commencing<br />
either from the year in which it first makes a profit, or in the fifth year subsequent to the start of commercial<br />
operations, whichever is earlier. The Company commenced commercial operations during 1995 and profits were<br />
first recorded during the year ended 31 December 1998. Accordingly, the tax exemption period commenced from 1<br />
January 1998 and ended on 31 December <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
The Company is currently liable to pay income tax at standard rates on interest income earned in Sri Lankan rupees.