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The paper examines the International Accounting Standards (I.A.S.) and specifically the International Accounting Standard 12 «Income Taxes». The objective of this thesis is the approach of I.A.S. as a statute, the basic identification of the main differences arising in their implementation, the study of deferred taxation through the international accounting standard 12 and also their comparison with the Greek Accounting Standards (G.A.S.). This standard sets the accounting operation of the income taxes and is divided into current and deferred income taxes. The main purpose of the thesis is to examine if the information contained in the financial statements through deferred taxation, constitute a useful tool for the investors, so that they can evaluate positively or negatively, a potential increase or decrease of the current and deferred taxes.