Thesis deals with deferred tax in the Czech Republic. First part of the thesis describes history of the deferred tax and its ties with accounting principles; describes the reasons and methods of its calculation. Second part shows the legislation of deferred tax in the Czech Republic, defines entities which are obliged to report the deferred tax, journalizing, problems concerning the first recognition, measurement of the carrying amount at the reporting date and reporting in the financial statements. The analytical part describes the most common temporary differences leading to deferred tax liability or deferred tax asset in a way enabling to understand this field of accounting to all readers along with its impact on the income statement