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The amount of unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset is recognised in the statement of financial position. [Refer: Unused tax credits [member]]

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 12
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 81
-Subparagraph e
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=12&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_81_e&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2017-03-09

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The amount of unused tax credits for which deferred tax asset is recognised in the statement of financial position.

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The amount of unused tax credits for which deferred tax asset is unrecognised in the statement of financial position.

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The amount of unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset is unrecognised in the statement of financial position.

No definition available.