Tenaga Nasional Berhad - Taxing Realities: Reinvestment Allowance and Carbon Tax
Tue, 29-Jul-2025 07:19 am
by Ong Tze Hern • Apex Research

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TENAGA (5347)

Target Price (RM)

16.04

Recommendation

Buy

  • Last Friday, TENAGA received a Notice of Additional Assessment for YA 2022 (RM840.1m) and has applied for Investment Allowance (IA) under Schedule 7B to mitigate the impact.

  • We estimate RM1.1bn additional tax liabilities each for YA 2023 and 2024. Worst case: RM9.9bn total liabilities and RM8.1bn cash outflows; Best case: full IA approval, zero liability and RM1.8bn tax recovery.

  • Base case (50% IA approval): tax liabilities of RM4.9bn and cash outflows of RM3.2bn, with dividend risk limited versus material pressure in the worst case.

  • A national carbon tax is highly likely in RMK‑13 (2026–2030), likely mirroring Singapore’s model (direct Scope 1 tax at a fixed rate). A carbon tax would immediately raise the marginal cost of power generation, but should be fully passed through under the IBR framework. At RM15/tCO₂e, a full pass‑through would require a 1.1 sen/kWh tariff adjustment (2.4% of the current 45.4 sen/kWh base tariff).

  • No change to earnings forecasts. Reiterate BUY with an unchanged TP of RM16.04 based on DCF valuation (WACC: 7.1%, g: 2.0%), implying 21.7x FY26F EPS.
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