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NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
4 FUNDING

SAFC is funded by its trading operations. Prices charged for its products are determined by existing market forces. This financial report encompasses the SAFC Operating Account with the Department of Treasury and Finance through which all funds controlled by SAFC are recorded.
Proceeds from the sale of all goods and services are controlled by SAFC and can be deployed for the achievement of its objectives. Returns to the South Australian Government are by way of payments in lieu of income tax and dividends in accordance with SAFC’s Dividend policy.
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Note
Year ended
30 June 2004
$’000
Year ended
30 June 2003
$’000
 
 
 
 
Change in net market value due to:
 
 
 
Normal growth and price changes
 
 80 866
  81 117
Reported in the Operating Statement as:
 
 
 
Sales Revenue (market value of growing timber realised)
6(ii)
 66 110
 60 097
Net change in value of unrealised growing
timber due to:
 
 
 
– Change in Volume
2.4
  2 894
     20 071
– Change in Wood Prices
2.12
  14 810
   (613)
– Young Plantations valued at replacement cost
2.12
 (2 948)
 1 562
 
 
 14 756
21 020
 
Change in Net Market Value:
 
  80 866
 81 117
6 Profit


Note
Year ended
30 June 2004
$’000
Year ended
30 June 2003
$’000
Profit from ordinary activities before income tax has been determined after:
 
 
 
(i) Charging as expenses:
 
 
 
 Interest paid or payable
17
   104
  36
 Depreciation of non-current assets
13(b)
   1 612
 1 461
 Bad and doubtful debts
8
   –  
 (2)
 Rental expense on operating leases
 
 
 
 – Property
 
 127
 107
 – Plant & Equipment
 
   1 044
  1 152
(ii) Crediting as revenue:
 
 
 
 Sales Revenue –
 
 
 
Revenue Realised from the Sale of Timber Products
5
 66 110
60 097
Other sales revenue (including recoup of harvesting and transport costs)
 
52 028
 53 612
 
 
118 138
 
113 709
Community service obligation funding received
1
  3 600
3 512
Other Operating Revenue –
 
 
 
Interest received or receivable
 
  1 177
   1 185
Proceeds on disposal of non-current assets
 
147
    66
Government grants received
 
472
   340
Other Revenue
 
     468
   572
 
 
  2 264
 2 163
(iii) During the year $22 000 was paid to
consultants.
 
22
 31
One consultancy for $10 000 was paid to JP Management Consulting (Asia-Pacific) Pty Ltd.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Note
Year ended
30 June 2004
$’000
Year ended
30 June 2003
$’000
(i) The prima facie tax on operating profit is reconciled to income tax provided in the accounts as follows:
 
 
 
Prima facie tax at 30% on profit from
ordinary activities
 
 16 805
 17 647
Tax effect of permanent differences –
 
 
 
Forest revaluation
 
  (4 427)
  (6 306)
Other permanent differences
 
   (127)
252
 
 
  (4 554)
 
 (6 054)
Income tax attributable to operating profit before income tax
 
 12 251
  11 593
Income Tax Expense
 
  12 251
  11 593
(ii) The income tax expense comprises amounts
set aside as:
 
 
 
Provision for income tax attributable to current year:–
 
 
 
Income tax payable on taxable income
 
    12 223
 11 450
Provision for income tax attributable to future years:–
 
 
 
Provision for deferred income tax
 
  45
186
Future Income Tax Benefit
 
  (17)
(43)
 
 
12 251
11 593
 
 
 
Transfer to/(from) doubtful debts
 
   –
(2)
 
 
 
 


Note
Year ended
30 June 2004
$’000
Year ended
30 June 2003
$’000
Amount received, or due and receivable,
by the auditors for
 
 
 
Auditing the accounts
 
   88
    85
 
 
    88
  85
10 RECEIVABLES