CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust - Annual Report 2021

Notes to the Financial Statements YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 3 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) 3.14 Income tax (continued) Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset if there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax liabilities and assets, and they relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority on the same taxable entity, or on different tax entities, but they intend to settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis or their tax assets and liabilities will be realised simultaneously. Deferred tax assets are recognised for unused tax losses, unused tax credits and deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which they can be used. Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the related tax benefit will be realised; such reductions are reversed when the probability of future taxable profits improves. Unrecognised deferred tax assets are reassessed at each reporting date and recognised to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profits will be available against which they can be used. In determining the amount of current and deferred tax, the Group takes into account the impact of uncertain tax positions and whether additional taxes and interest may be due. The Group believes that its accruals for tax liabilities are adequate for all open tax years based on its assessment of many factors, including interpretations of tax law and prior experience. This assessment relies on estimates and assumptions and may involve a series of judgements about future events. New information may become available that causes the Group to change its judgement regarding the adequacy of existing tax liabilities; such changes to tax liabilities will impact tax expense in the period that such a determination is made. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (the “IRAS”) has issued a tax ruling on the tax treatment of the Trust. Subject to meeting the terms and conditions of the tax ruling which includes a distribution of at least 90.0% of the taxable income of the Trust, the Trustee is not subject to tax on the taxable income of the Trust to the extent of the amount distributed. Instead, the distributions made by the Trust out of such taxable income are subject to tax in the hands of Unitholders, unless they are exempt from tax on the Trust’s distributions. This treatment is known as the tax transparency treatment. Individuals and qualifying Unitholders, i.e. companies incorporated and tax resident in Singapore, Singapore branches of companies incorporated outside Singapore, bodies of persons registered or constituted in Singapore, certain international organisations that are exempt from tax on distributions from the Trust and real estate investment trust exchange-traded funds which have been accorded the tax transparency treatment, are entitled to gross distributions from the Trust. For distributions made to foreign non- individual Unitholders and qualifying foreign funds managed by Singapore fund managers, the Trustee is required to withhold tax at the reduced rate of 10.0%. For other types of Unitholders, the Trustee is required to withhold tax at the prevailing corporate tax rate on the distributions made by the Trust. Such other types of Unitholders are subject to tax on the re-grossed amounts of the distributions received but may claim a credit for the tax deducted at source at the prevailing corporate tax rate by the Trustee. The Trust has a distribution policy to distribute at least 90.0% of its taxable income (other than gains from the sale of real estate properties which are determined to be trading gains). For the taxable income that is not distributed, referred to as retained taxable income, tax will be assessed on the Trustee. Where such retained taxable income is subsequently distributed, the Trustee need not deduct tax at source. 3.15 Earnings per unit The Group presents basic and diluted earnings per unit data for its units. Basic earnings per unit is calculated by dividing the total return by the weighted-average number of units outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per unit is determined by adjusting the total return and the weighted-average number of ordinary units outstanding, for the effects of all dilutive potential units. Annual Report 2021 249