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SHARE PREMIUM TRANSFER-ABLE TO RESERVE NET OF COSTS
After consultation with the Securities and Fu-tures Commission (SFC) and the Accounting Research and Development Foundation, the MOEA issued an interpretation dated 12 March 2001 that in accordance with accounting princi-ples, where a company issues new shares to in-crease its capital and the issue price is at pre-mium over the shares' par value, the company may deduct the necessary costs of the share is-suance from the premium so earned before transferring the net amount to its capital reserve.
If the shares are issued at par value, or are issued at a premium but the premium is less than the cost of issuance, then the cost of issuance, or the cost of issuance less the premium, may be en-tered in the books as a deferred debit or other asset, and amortized over three years in accor-dance with Article 243 of the Company Law. If the amount is not large, it may be entered in the books as a current-year expense.
However, in the event that the ROC Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the future provide relevant rules, the above matters will be handled according to such rules.