1999 Annual Report - Delta Electronics
1999 Annual Report - Delta Electronics
1999 Annual Report - Delta Electronics
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13) Legal reserve<br />
The R.O.C Company Law requires that the Company shall set aside 10% of its net income as the legal reserve after<br />
covering prior years' losses until the legal reserve equals the capital stock balance. The legal reserve can be used<br />
only to cover an accumulated deficit or increase capital. The legal reserve can be used to increase capital only when<br />
the reserve exceeds 50% of capital stock, and should be limited to 50% of the excess portion of the reserve.<br />
14) Undistributed earnings<br />
A. Based on the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as revised in the shareholders' meeting on May 15, 1998, the<br />
current year's earnings, if any, shall be distributed in the following order:<br />
a) Payment of all taxes and dues.<br />
b) Cover prior years' operating losses, if any.<br />
c) After deducting (a) and (b), set aside 10% of the remaining amount as legal reserve.<br />
d) After deducting items (a), (b) and (c), allocate up to 1% of the remaining amount as directors' and supervisors'<br />
remuneration.<br />
e) After deducting items (a), (b) and (c), allocate at least 3% of the remaining amount as employees' bonus.<br />
f) After deducting items (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), distribute the remaining amount as dividends and shareholders'<br />
bonus or keep as retained earnings according to the resolution of the meeting of stockholders.<br />
B. The new Taiwan imputation tax system requires that any undistributed current earnings, on tax basis, of a<br />
company derived on or after January 1, 1998 be subject to an additional 10% corporate income tax if the earnings<br />
are not distributed before a specific time. This 10% additional tax on undistributed earnings paid by the company<br />
can be used as tax credit by the shareholders, including foreign shareholders, against the withholding tax on<br />
dividends. In addition, the domestic shareholders can claim a proportionate share in the company's corporate<br />
income tax as tax credit against its individual income tax liability effective 1998.<br />
As of December 31, <strong>1999</strong>, the undistributed current earnings in 1998 of the subsidiary, DNI is subject to an<br />
additional 10% corporate tax amounting to $43.<br />
C. The information on these undistributed earnings and tax credit of the Company are as follows:<br />
Before December 31, 1998<br />
<strong>1999</strong><br />
15) Income tax<br />
Imputation Estimated<br />
Undistributed tax credit creditable<br />
earnings account balance ratio<br />
A. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, <strong>1999</strong> and 1998 were as follows:<br />
A) Total deferred income tax assets<br />
B) Allowance for deferred income tax assets<br />
C) Total deferred income tax liabilities<br />
D) The components of deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows:<br />
December 31,<br />
<strong>1999</strong> 1998<br />
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