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Income Tax | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Income Tax |
28. | INCOME TAX
| a. | Income tax expense recognized in profit or loss
Income tax expense consisted of the following:
|  | Years Ended December 31 |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |
Current income tax expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current tax expense recognized in the current year |  | $ | 60,584.3 |  |  | $ | 47,135.5 |  |  | $ | 87,452.7 |
Income tax adjustments on prior years |  |  | (21,753.0 | ) |  |  | (10,193.8 | ) |  |  | (7,589.4 | )
Other income tax adjustments |  |  | 152.9 |  |  |  | (41.5 | ) |  |  | 150.2 |
|  |  | 38,984.2 |  |  |  | 36,900.2 |  |  |  | 80,013.5 |
Deferred income tax benefit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effect of tax rate changes |  |  | (1,474.8 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
The origination and reversal of temporary differences |  |  | (3,072.5 | ) |  |  | (1,065.1 | ) |  |  | (6,275.2 | )
|  |  | (4,547.3 | ) |  |  | (1,065.1 | ) |  |  | (6,275.2 | )
Income tax expense recognized in profit or loss |  | $ | 34,436.9 |  |  | $ | 35,835.1 |  |  | $ | 73,738.3 |
A reconciliation of inc o me before income tax and income tax expense recognized in profit or loss was as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31 |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |
Income before tax |  | $ | 397,543.1 |  |  | $ | 389,862.1 |  |  | $ | 584,746.3 |
Income tax expense at the statutory rate |  | $ | 80,872.5 |  |  | $ | 79,056.5 |  |  | $ | 118,831.3 |
Tax effect of adjusting items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nondeductible (deductible) items in determining taxable income |  |  | 2,533.4 |  |  |  | (4,183.5 | ) |  |  | 1,015.9 |
Tax-exempt income |  |  | (54,543.5 | ) |  |  | (39,808.1 | ) |  |  | (65,988.1 | )
Additional income tax under the Alternative Minimum Tax Act |  |  | 21,455.9 |  |  |  | 10,367.9 |  |  |  | 18,872.8 |
Additional income tax on unappropriated earnings |  |  | 16,294.5 |  |  |  | 7,628.1 |  |  |  | 14,747.3 |
Effect of tax rate changes on deferred income tax |  |  | (1,474.8 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
The origination and reversal of temporary differences |  |  | (3,072.6 | ) |  |  | (1,065.1 | ) |  |  | (6,275.2 | )
Income tax credits |  |  | (6,028.4 | ) |  |  | (5,925.4 | ) |  |  | (26.5 | )
|  |  | 56,037.0 |  |  |  | 46,070.4 |  |  |  | 81,177.5 |
Income tax adjustments on prior years |  |  | (21,753.0 | ) |  |  | (10,193.8 | ) |  |  | (7,589.4 | )
Other income tax adjustments |  |  | 152.9 |  |  |  | (41.5 | ) |  |  | 150.2 |
Income tax expense recognized in profit or loss |  | $ | 34,436.9 |  |  | $ | 35,835.1 |  |  | $ | 73,738.3 |
In 2018, the Income Tax Law in the R.O.C. was amended and, starting from 2018, the corporate income tax rate was adjusted from 17% to 20%. In addition, the tax rate for 2018 unappropriated earnings was reduced from 10% to 5%. Under the amendment to the R.O.C Statute of Industrial Innovation in 2019, the amounts of unappropriated earnings in 2018 and thereafter used for building or purchasing specific assets or technologies can qualify for deduction when computing the income tax on unappropriated earnings. The income tax adjustments on prior years were primarily due to the difference between the actual and estimated income tax on unappropriated earnings. For other jurisdictions, taxes are calculated using the applicable tax rate for each individual jurisdiction.
| b. | Income tax expense recognized in other comprehensive income
|  | Years Ended December 31 |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |
Deferred income tax benefit (expense) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related to remeasurement of defined benefit obligation |  | $ | 103.3 |  |  | $ | (30.4 | ) |  | $ | 422.1 |
Related to unrealized gain/loss on investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI |  |  | 91.8 |  |  |  | 9.4 |  |  |  | 0.6 |
Related to gain/loss on cash flow hedges |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 195.7 |  |  | $ | (21.0 | ) |  | $ | 422.7 |
| c. | Deferred income tax balance
The analysis of deferred income tax assets and liabilities was as follows:
|  | December 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |
Deferred income tax assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary differences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation |  | $ | 13,547.2 |  |  | $ | 19,354.4 |
Refund liability |  |  | 2,150.4 |  |  |  | 3,755.1 |
Net defined benefit liability |  |  | 1,016.3 |  |  |  | 1,342.1 |
Unrealized loss on inventories |  |  | 469.4 |  |  |  | 858.5 |
Deferred compensation cost |  |  | 323.1 |  |  |  | 330.3 |
Investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI |  |  | 65.7 |  |  |  | 66.3 |
Others |  |  | 356.3 |  |  |  | 251.5 |
|  | $ | 17,928.4 |  |  | $ | 25,958.2 |
Deferred income tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary differences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized exchange gains |  |  | (333.6 | ) |  |  | (866.5 | )
Others |  |  | (10.8 | ) |  |  | (863.4 | )
|  | $ | (344.4 | ) |  | $ | (1,729.9 | )
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2018 |
|  |  |  |  | Recognized in |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance, Beginning of Year |  |  | Profit or Loss |  |  | Other Comprehensive Income |  |  | Effect of Exchange Rate Changes |  |  | Balance, End of Year |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |
Deferred income tax assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary differences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation |  | $ | 8,401.3 |  |  | $ | 3,430.4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7.5 |  |  | $ | 11,839.2 |
Refund liability |  |  | 1,637.7 |  |  |  | 955.0 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | 2,594.0 |
Net defined benefit liability |  |  | 975.3 |  |  |  | 6.3 |  |  |  | 103.3 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,084.9 |
Unrealized loss on inventories |  |  | 629.5 |  |  |  | 120.5 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1.0 |  |  |  | 751.0 |
Deferred compensation cost |  |  | 266.5 |  |  |  | (4.7 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 9.9 |  |  |  | 271.7 |
Investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 56.2 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 56.2 |
Others |  |  | 195.2 |  |  |  | 7.1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7.1 |  |  |  | 209.4 |
|  | $ | 12,105.5 |  |  | $ | 4,514.6 |  |  | $ | 159.5 |  |  | $ | 26.8 |  |  | $ | 16,806.4 |
Deferred income tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary differences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized exchange gains |  | $ | (169.5 | ) |  | $ | 107.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (61.7 | )
Investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI |  |  | (95.4 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 95.4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Others |  |  | (37.3 | ) |  |  | (75.1 | ) |  |  | (59.2 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (171.6 | )
|  | $ | (302.2 | ) |  | $ | 32.7 |  |  | $ | 36.2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (233.3 | )
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2019 |
|  |  |  |  | Recognized in |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance, Beginning of Year |  |  | Profit or Loss |  |  | Other Comprehensive Income |  |  | Effect of Exchange Rate Changes |  |  | Balance, End of Year |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |
Deferred income tax assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary differences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation |  | $ | 11,839.2 |  |  | $ | 1,727.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (19.8 | ) |  | $ | 13,547.2 |
Refund liability |  |  | 2,594.0 |  |  |  | (443.2 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | 2,150.4 |
Net defined benefit liability |  |  | 1,084.9 |  |  |  | (38.2 | ) |  |  | (30.4 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,016.3 |
Unrealized loss on inventories |  |  | 751.0 |  |  |  | (280.8 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  |  | 469.4 |
Deferred compensation cost |  |  | 271.7 |  |  |  | 59.4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (8.0 | ) |  |  | 323.1 |
Investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI |  |  | 56.2 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 9.4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 65.7 |
Others |  |  | 209.4 |  |  |  | 151.1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4.2 | ) |  |  | 356.3 |
|  | $ | 16,806.4 |  |  | $ | 1,176.2 |  |  | $ | (21.0 | ) |  | $ | (33.2 | ) |  | $ | 17,928.4 |
Deferred income tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary differences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized exchange gains |  | $ | (61.7 | ) |  | $ | (271.9 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (333.6 | )
Others |  |  | (171.6 | ) |  |  | 160.8 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (10.8 | )
|  | $ | (233.3 | ) |  | $ | (111.1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (344.4 | )
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
|  |  |  |  | Recognized in |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance, Beginning of Year |  |  | Profit or Loss |  |  | Other Comprehensive Income |  |  | Effect of Exchange Rate Changes |  |  | Balance, End of Year |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  | (In Millions) |
Deferred income tax assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary differences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation |  | $ | 13,547.2 |  |  | $ | 5,824.0 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (16.8 | ) |  | $ | 19,354.4 |
Refund liability |  |  | 2,150.4 |  |  |  | 1,606.1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1.4 | ) |  |  | 3,755.1 |
Net defined benefit liability |  |  | 1,016.3 |  |  |  | (96.3 | ) |  |  | 422.1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,342.1 |
Unrealized loss on inventories |  |  | 469.4 |  |  |  | 391.1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2.0 | ) |  |  | 858.5 |
Deferred compensation cost |  |  | 323.1 |  |  |  | 27.4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (20.2 | ) |  |  | 330.3 |
Investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI |  |  | 65.7 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 66.3 |
Others |  |  | 356.3 |  |  |  | (91.6 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (13.2 | ) |  |  | 251.5 |
|  | $ | 17,928.4 |  |  | $ | 7,660.7 |  |  | $ | 422.7 |  |  | $ | (53.6 | ) |  | $ | 25,958.2 |
Deferred income tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary differences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized exchange gains |  | $ | (333.6 | ) |  | $ | (532.9 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (866.5 | )
Others |  |  | (10.8 | ) |  |  | (852.6 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (863.4 | )
|  | $ | (344.4 | ) |  | $ | (1,385.5 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,729.9 | )
| d. | The deductible temporary differences for which no deferred income tax assets have been recognized
As of December 31, 2019 and 2020, the aggregate deductible temporary differences for which no deferred income tax assets have been recognized amounted to NT$33,445.5 million and NT$55,521.0 million, respectively.
| e. | Unused tax-exemption information
As of December 31, 2020, the profits generated from the following projects of TSMC are exempt from income tax for a five-year period:
|  | Tax-exemption Period
Construction and expansion of 2009 by TSMC |  | 2018 to 2022
| f. | The information of unrecognized deferred income tax liabilities associated with investments
As of December 31, 2019 and 2020, the aggregate taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries not recognized as deferred income tax liabilities amounted to NT$131,085.7 million and NT$152,827.4 million, respectively.
| g. | Income tax examination
The tax authorities have examined income tax returns of TSMC through 2018. All investment tax credit adjustments assessed by the tax authorities have been recognized accordingly.

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