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Note 14 - Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Statement Line Items [Line Items]  
Disclosure of income tax [text block]

14.

INCOME TAXES

 

The actual income tax provisions differ from the expected amounts calculated by applying the Canadian combined federal and provincial corporate income tax rates to the Company’s loss before income taxes. The components of these differences are as follows:

 

   

Year ended March 31, 2026

   

Year ended March 31, 2025

   

Year ended March 31, 2024

 

Income (loss) before taxes for the year

  $ (6,898,108 )   $ (3,615,375 )   $ (4,472,170 )

Canadian federal and provincial income tax rates

    27 %     27 %     27 %

Expected income tax recovery based on above rates

    (1,862,000 )     (976,000 )     (1,207,000 )

Change in statutory, foreign tax, foreign exchange rates and other

    -       35,000       (3,000 )

Permanent difference

    459,000       214,000       204,000 )

Impact of spin-out transaction

    (129,000 )     (527,000 )     -  

Impact of flow-through shares

    1,462,000       130,000       124,000  

Share issue costs

    (319,000 )     (182,000 )     (129,000 )

Adjustment to prior year’s provision versus statutory tax returns and expiry of non-capital losses

    1,234,000       330,000       (94,000 )

Change in unrecognized deductible temporary differences

    (845,000 )     976,000       1,105,000  

Deferred income tax recovery

  $ -     $ -     $ -  

 

The Canadian income tax rate declined/increased during the year due to changes in the law that reduced/increased corporate income tax rates in Canada/British Columbia.

 

The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

   

Year ended March 31, 2026

   

Year ended March 31, 2025

 

Deferred tax assets (liabilities)

               

Exploration and evaluation assets

  $ (4,448,000 )   $ (1,257,000 )

Marketable securities

    (104,000 )     -  

Non-capital losses

    4,552,000       1,257,000  
    $ -     $ -  

 

FOREMOST CLEAN ENERGY LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


 

14.

INCOME TAXES (Continued)

 

The significant components of the Company’s temporary differences and unused tax losses that have not been included on the consolidated statement of financial position are as follows:

 

   

Year ended March 31, 2026

   

Expiry date range year ended
March 31, 2026

   

Year ended March 31, 2025

   

Expiry date range year ended
March 31, 2025

 

Temporary differences

                             

Share issue costs

  $ 1,562,000     2046 to 2049       869,000     $ 2046 to 2049  

Other

    97,000     No expiry date       -    

No expiry date

 

Investment in associate

    -     No expiry date       106,000    

No expiry date

 

Allowable capital losses

    -     No expiry date       -    

No expiry date

 

Net operating losses available for future period

    -     No expiry date       -    

No expiry date

 

Non-capital losses available for future period

    10,928,000     2031 to 2046       15,182,000       2031 to 2045  

Canada

    12,459,000     2031 to 2046       19,837,000       2031 to 2045  

USA

    -     No expiry date       -    

No expiry date

 

 

Tax attributes are subject to review, and potential adjustment, by tax authorities.

 

During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Company incurred $193,262 in income tax penalties and interest for the late filing of tax returns in the United States.