Access Financial will pay only $4.7 million in taxes for 2014, having enjoyed tax free profit for most of the year. The tax charge left $306.7 million in net profits or $1.12 per shares up from $270 million in 2013. But Access suffered a big increase in bad loans amounting to $229 million, more than doubling the $95.7 million in 2013. Not reflected in the bad debt figure is $14.4 million listed in the financial as recoverable, in 2013 the amount was $12.78 million. Gross interest revenues were up by 29.5 percent to $938 million and net income of lending moved to 990 million an increase of 29.7 percent. Other expenses rose by 18.3 percent.
For 2015 and the following 4 years, less a quarter, the company will be subject to tax on profit at 12.5 percent or 50 percent of the regular tax rate.
The stock sells at a high premium to net asset value of $2.96 per share compared to the stock price of $9.60 but that is partially explained by the rich 43 percent return on equity. At the end of the year loans advanced fell to $1.085 billion from $1.12 billion in at the end of 2013 while loans received fell from $543 million to $317.7 million and cash funds increased to $127.9 million from $49 million.
IC insider forecast earnings of $1.60 for the current year after tax at 12.5 percent. The stock remains Buy Rated for long term growth.
Access joins tax line
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