Constance Hotels Services Limited | Annual Report 2025

165 ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements Year ended December 31, 2025

Notes to the Financial Statements Year ended December 31, 2025

2. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DISCLOSURES (CONT’D) 2.2 Material accounting policies (cont’d)

2. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DISCLOSURES (CONT’D) 2.2 Material accounting policies (cont’d)

(j) Financial Instrument – initial recognition and subsequent measurement (cont’d)

(m) Current and deferred income tax (cont’d)

iii)

Offsetting of financial instruments

Current tax (cont’d)

Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount is reported in the statement of financial position if there is a currently enforceable legal right to offset the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis, to realise the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously.

Current income tax relating to items recognised directly in equity is recognised in equity and not in the statement of profit or loss. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in the tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation and establishes provisions where appropriate.

(k) Current versus non-current classification

Deferred tax

The Group and the Company present assets and liabilities in the statement of financial position based on current/non-current classification. An asset is current when it is:

Deferred income tax is provided using the liability method on temporary differences at the reporting date between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes at the reporting date.

• Expected to be realised or intended for sale or consumption in normal operating cycle; • Held primarily for the purpose of trading; • Expected to be realised within 12 months after the reporting date; or • Cash or cash equivalent unless restricted from being exchanged or used, to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period

Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences, except:

• where the deferred tax liability arises from the initial recognition of goodwill or of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable profit or loss; • in respect of taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and interests in joint ventures, where the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences can be controlled and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences, the carry forward of unused tax credits and any unused tax losses. Deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences, and the carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be utilised, except: • When the deferred tax asset relating to the deductible temporary difference arises from the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable profit or loss; • In respect of deductible temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and associates, deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that the temporary differences will reverse in the foreseeable future and taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred tax asset to be utilised. Unrecognised deferred tax assets are re-assessed at each reporting date and are recognised to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profits will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.

All other assets are classified as non-current.

A liability is current when either:

• It is expected to be settled in the normal operating cycle; • It is held primarily for the purpose of trading; • It is due to be settled within 12 months after the reporting period; or • There is no right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period.

The Group and the Company classify all other liabilities as non-current.

(l)

Stated capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are shown in equity as deduction, net of tax, from proceeds.

(m) Current and deferred income tax

The tax expense for the period comprises of current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the year when the asset is realised or the liability is settled, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted at the reporting date.

Current tax

Deferred tax relating to items recognised outside profit or loss is recognised outside profit or loss. Deferred tax items are recognised in correlation to the underlying transaction either in OCI or directly in equity. Tax benefits acquired as part of a business combination, but not satisfying the criteria for separate recognition at that date, are recognised subsequently if new information about facts and circumstances change. The adjustment is either treated as a reduction in goodwill (as long as it does not exceed goodwill) if it was incurred during the measurement period or recognised in profit or loss.

Current income tax assets and liabilities for the current and prior periods are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted by the reporting date, in the countries where the Group and the Company operates and generates taxable income. The income tax is recognised as a charge in profit or loss.