The document discusses dual reporting systems in India for financial and tax reporting. There are often differences between the income reported by companies to investors and that reported for tax assessment. Book income is determined under accounting principles and company law, while taxable income is computed under income tax law.
The concept of matching revenues and expenses over the periods they relate to gives rise to differences in profit/loss calculations under company and tax law. This leads to the concept of deferred tax to account for temporary differences between accounting and taxable income. Accounting standards prescribe deferred tax accounting to recognize the tax effect of these temporary differences over time.