Thursday, April 20, 2017

Deductibility of accrued expenses

[Updated on February 14, 2018]

To be deductible, accrued expenses should meet all of the following requirements:

a.     All-events test
b.    Withholding tax
c.     Substantiation

Otherwise, accrued expenses which fail to meet the above requirements may not be deductible for income tax purposes.