Note 6 — Income taxes

Interim income tax expense is recognized using management’s best estimate of the weighted-average annual effective income tax rate expected for the full financial year, applied separately where material tax jurisdictions have different expected effective tax rates.

Income tax recognized in profit or loss for the six-month periods comprised:

The income-tax analysis considers the applicable rates and expected taxable results of material jurisdictions separately, as well as discrete items attributable to the interim period. Management is continuing to reconcile the acquired historical tax balances, the acquired assets, and any additional deferred-tax effects of the acquisition accounting.