1. Overview and Background:
Al-
For General Trading
Ltd.
Al-
) was established on May 30th, 2012 in Baghdad – Iraq. The entity has ceased the operations and the
has an
its
sheet as payable to the parent
.
Al
is not in a position to repay the
due to it does not have adequate
and is making losses. The
was given by
Al
’s shareholder ‘Select Auto’ which holds 100% shares in
Al
.
The extract of the 2018 financial statements as reflecting the below:
Description Amount (In IQD) Extract Of
Accumulated Losses 5,798,662,980
Sheet
code 22
Short Term Loans 5,318,545,830
Sheet
code 242
2. Discussion
Due to the landscape is complicated and not very easy in Iraq, the options for the
waiving should be discussed and decide for the pre-preparation of the liquidation stage. The
offset options had been summarized under three options.
2.1. Netting of the previous
losses against to
payable
From the audit
(accounting or presentation of financial
), the
itself easy in terms of accounting adjustment in two
sheet accounts.
, in the meantime, there is some
of documentation to be put in place, if
is questioned,
, it should able to
of support. As per Deloitte
and
in another
which located in Kurdistan Region
- The shareholder meeting is needed where the branch manager as well should be involved,
-
meeting minutes should be attested by the
register in Iraq
From the
legislation
, there should be no
payable
the
doesn’t have any P&L
.
of
doesn’t occur very often as per the Iraqi
Legislation, but as
in Iraq Kurdistan Region, it’s possible to execute without any
burden.
, the
Al
in the Federal Iraq region, both authorities have the same
with slight changes, but it indicates that
can apply in the same
.
2.2. Capitalization of the
payable
The Capital Increase scenario can be challenging, due to
has not been tested in Iraq as per Deloitte
.
,
process should be very much administered by the lawyer and legal teams. There may be some certain conditions;
-
capital increase may require to prove that sufficient
need to keep in the
-
of a capital increase (without injecting the
for capital increase), it cannot be ensured whether can be implemented in Iraqi
or not,
- From the accounting and legal
,
may be challenging
Since
Al
does not have
in the
,
may be considered in the future. To pursue
in the future,
is highly required
transfer through the
to prove
show it as a
in the
could be a deal-breaker.
2.3. Waiver to
payable
From the audit
(accounting or presentation of financial
), the
may not require many formalities and the easiest
from
view.
From the
point of view,
a
routed through the
may trigger the
implication.
can be seen as a
benefit favorAccept comma addition
benefit, favour
benefit favour
the parent
the
and it should be recognized as taxable revenue. In
, the
has the deemed profit
which treats 20% of the revenue generated from the main activities and 100% of the other
the corporate
base.
According to the deemed profit
, the waiver of the
can be seen as one of the
, it may not be correlated with the main activities of the
by the
.
In
case, the
amount will be treated as 100%
revenue. So,
carries the highest financial burden potential in terms of
legislation varying 3% (20% x 15%) to 15%.
Waiving the
is the least
favoritesomething regarded with special favor or liking
because it has the P&L
and it may trigger the
.
3. Conclusion & Recommendation
The options had been discussed, accounting & audit, corporate
, and legal
. In the light of the aforementioned discussions, it’s agreed to focus the energy and effort on the
.
Point of view, since
has not an
, we do not anticipate any
or
to be raised from
.
Since the advance assessment has not been implemented in Iraq Legislation, the only possibility is the submission of the
the return and financial
and leave it to the
to provide its own feedback on the
liability.
As per Deloitte’s
in the
, the
inspectors very likely to focus on
items rather than
sheet items, since usually, they can trigger more
. Due to the main concentration on the
, relatively
one (netting of the previous
losses against the
) has the least risk for additional financial &
burden and it carries
risk of
being aware of
.