FRS 112-Reconciliation Of Effective Tax Rate To Statutory Rate

In FRS112 on Income Taxes or IAS 12,there is a requirement for a reconciliation statement between the Effective tax rate (ETR) to the Statutory Rate in the notes to the financial statement wherein the following are normally taken up:

Non allowable expenses Deferred tax assets not recognized Expenses not allowed for tax purposes Non [...]

Cash Is King

The recent world financial crisis again proves that Cash is king. Earlier article in my other blog explains about Profit Vs Cash concept wherein profit is not cash hence a highly profitable entity can also go down under without proper cash/liquidity supports.

 

Typical Role Of Manager- Corporate Strategy

Normally,in the Finance’s Organization Chart,we might see but quite rarely the post of Manager for Corporate strategy reporting to the CFO.

As this post  is quite crucial to the company’s business growth,it will normally be directly reporting to the senior management

So what does normally this role entails

Append below perhaps are [...]

Branding &Expanding Overseas

As discussed,two of the main agenda in any Board Meeting should at least include branding as a strategy to boost sales and strategizing to go overseas for business expansion.

A good example is the recent announcement by F&N’s CEO Tan Ang Meng pertaining to the aforesaid two subjects:

Branding:

to consolidate their products [...]

Sukuk And Islamic Capital Market

The emergence of the Islamic capital market in 2002 with the inaugural sukuk issued by the Malaysian Governement spearheaded the capital markets exponentially as it became the blue print to an increasing variety of instruments which can be used to create an efficient Islamic portfolio in line with portfolio theory and financial planning. Increasingly,many [...]