Annual financial statements statement 2015
Supplement to the integrated annual report 30 June 2015
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GROUP FINANCIALS STATEMENTS

27.  

Royalty (income)/expense  

   
    2015   2014  
    Rm   Rm  
  Stakeholder royalties   95   105  
  State royalties   156   476  
  State royalty refund*   (1 066)  —  
  Amortisation of royalty prepayment (notes 9 and 35 240   112  
    (575)  693  
  * The High Court of Zimbabwe issued its judgment in the case involving a dispute between Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Private) Limited and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) over which mining royalty provisions are applicable to the subsidiary. The judge ruled that the royalty provisions in the subsidiary’s mining agreement take precedence over the royalty provisions set out in the Finance Act. Accordingly the operating subsidiary is liable to pay royalties at the rate of 2.5% of the value of all minerals produced and not at the higher Finance Act rates. The effect of the judgment was that the operating subsidiary overpaid royalties by R 1 066 million in respect of the period between January 2004 and June 2014. ZIMRA allowed for the refund to be offset against current tax payable (note 21).