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Notes to the Company accounts

13 Deferred tax

	Period ended 31 July 2007 £m	Period ended 5 August 2006 £m
Deferred taxation
At beginning of period	41.1	15.4
(Charge)/credit to profit and loss account	(27.8)	24.5
(Charge)/credit to equity	(8.0)	1.2
At end of period	5.3	41.1
Analysed as follows:
Post-retirement benefits	(5.0)	32.9
Share-based payments	3.9	7.5
Short-term timing differences	6.4	0.7
	5.3	41.1

Smiths Group divisions:
Smiths Detection, Smiths Medical, Smiths Specialty Engineering