12. DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES | | As of March 31, | | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | | Deferred tax liabilities | | | 1,256 | | | | 1,273 | |
The following are the major deferred tax assets and liabilities recognized by the Company: | | Property, plant and equipment | | | Withholding tax on undistributed profits (1) | | | Total | | | | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | | As of March 31, 2023 | | | 1,316 | | | | - | | | | 1,316 | | Recognized in statements of income | | | (43 | ) | | | - | | | | (43 | ) | As of March 31, 2024 | | | 1,273 | | | | - | | | | 1,273 | | Recognized in statements of income | | | (17 | ) | | | - | | | | (17 | ) | As of March 31, 2025 | | | 1,256 | | | | - | | | | 1,256 | |
(1) | On February 22, 2008, the State Administration of Taxation of China issued Circular [2008] No. 001, which states that dividends distributed after January 1, 2008, and derived from profits accumulated prior to January 1, 2008, will be exempt from withholding tax when distributed to foreign non-resident enterprise investors. As a result, there should be no deferred tax liabilities recognized for the undistributed profits accumulated by the Company’s PRC subsidiaries through December 31, 2007. |
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