Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Schedule Of Income Before Income Taxes, Domestic And Foreign

Income before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliated companies and income taxes are comprised of the following:

(¥ in millions)
For the years ended March 31:	2012			2011			2010
Income before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliated companies:
Domestic	¥	63,429		¥	54,306		¥	42,208
Foreign		37,509			36,994			31,275
Total	¥	100,938		¥	91,300		¥	73,483
Income taxes:
Current—
Domestic	¥	23,932		¥	12,312		¥	16,462
Foreign		11,662			14,825			12,078
		35,594			27,137			28,540
Deferred—
Domestic		1,278			6,142			(2,090	)
Foreign		(324	)		(2,595	)		(473	)
		954			3,547			(2,563	)
Total	¥	36,548		¥	30,684		¥	25,977

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of the differences between the Japanese statutory tax rate and the effective tax rate is as follows:

For the years ended March 31:	2012			2011			2010
Normal Japanese statutory tax rates applied to income before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliated companies		40.6	%		40.6	%		40.6	%
Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from:
Decrease in valuation allowance		(0.5	)		(0.6	)		(0.2	)
Permanently nondeductible expenses		0.3			0.3			0.4
Nontaxable dividend income		(0.5	)		(0.5	)		(0.4	)
Extra tax deduction on expenses for research and development		(2.4	)		(2.3	)		(2.8	)
Difference in statutory tax rates of foreign subsidiraries		(0.9	)		(2.0	)		(1.7	)
Other—net		(0.4	)		(1.9	)		(0.5	)
Effective income tax rates applied to income before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliated companies		36.2	%		33.6	%		35.4	%

Schedule Of Net Deferred Tax Assets

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are included in the consolidated balance sheets as follows:

(¥ in millions)
At March 31:	2012			2011
Other current assets	¥	31,853		¥	28,884
Other assets		7,179			5,814
Other current liabilities		(293	)		(1	)
Other long-term liabilities		(7,228	)		(2,648	)
Net deferred tax assets	¥	31,511		¥	32,049

Schedule Of Significant Components Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

The significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

(¥ in millions)
At March 31:	2012			2011
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts and credit losses	¥	1,160		¥	1,465
Intercompany profits		8,428			7,786
Adjustment of investment securities		7,571			8,273
Write-downs of inventories and fixed assets		1,820			1,708
Accrued bonus		5,745			6,000
Retirement and pension costs		16,684			17,197
Tax loss and credit carryforwards		6,599			3,287
Other temporary differences		25,422			21,661
Gross deferred tax assets		73,429			67,377
Less: valuation allowance		(3,900	)		(986	)
Net deferred tax assets	¥	69,529		¥	66,391
Deferred tax liabilities:
Adjustment of investment securities	¥	20,646		¥	22,605
Unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries and affiliates		8,755			8,237
Other temporary differences		8,617			3,500
Gross deferred tax liabilities	¥	38,018		¥	34,342

Schedule Of Valuation Allowance

The following table presents the reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the valuation allowance:

(¥ in millions)
For the years ended March 31:	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of year	¥	986		¥	1,509		¥	1,631
Addition		753			447			391
Deduction		(905	)		(970	)		(513	)
Addition from acquisition		3,066			—			—
Balance at end of year	¥	3,900		¥	986		¥	1,509

Schedule Of Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table presents the reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits:

(¥ in millions)
For the years ended March 31:	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of year	¥	223		¥	200		¥	6,759
Gross increase for tax positions taken in prior years		1,639			87			26
Gross decrease for tax positions taken in prior years		—			(9	)		(2,029	)
Settlements		(118	)		(8	)		(4,534	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		—			(19	)		(27	)
Other		(7	)		(28	)		5
Balance at end of year	¥	1,737		¥	223		¥	200