FRS 12 is consistent with IAS 12
(effective from 1998) in all material
aspects, except for accounting for
unremitted foreign income.
Under Recommended Accounting
Practice (RAP) 8 issued by the
Institute of Certified Public
Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS),
no deferred tax is accounted for
temporary difference arising from
foreign income not yet remitted to
Singapore if:
(a) the entity is able to control the
timing of the reversal of the
temporary difference; and
(b) it is probable that the temporary
difference will
not reverse in the foreseeable
future.
Under IAS 12, deferred tax is
required to be accounted for
temporary difference arising from
such unremitted foreign income.