Accounting Aspects of Corporate Income Tax System in Croatia and International Accounting Standard 12

The paper deals with accounting aspects of corporation income tax system as the important implication element of the country economic integration into wider Europe. The income tax system was the part of the whole tax reform that occurred in Croatia during the last few years. Changes in legal regulation are directed to income tax system harmonization with countries of central and eastern Europe and wider Europe. The paper answers the question what are the main characteristics of Croatian corporate income tax system from the point of view of its accounting application. Accounting aspects research the areas of: taxpayer, tax base, tax revenues and tax expenses, tax rate and deferred tax liabilities and assets. It analyses taxable and deductible temporary differences as well as unused tax losses and tax credits if it is probable that they will be realised. All accounting aspects are compared with International Accounting Standard 12 that regulates corporate income tax recognition and reporting and are judged from the point of view of their compatibility with standards requests.