LAB2004 (asker) Jul 29, 2009:

Never did hear back from the client. I can only assume Chris, that your thoughts are along the right lines.

LAB2004 (asker) Jun 10, 2009:

Hmm. I checked 'net resultS before tax', which does at least come up with some hits. My document does have some strange sentence structures in it and I suspect it may not have been written by a native Dutch speaker. Have referred it to the client and will post any reply.

Chris Hopley Jun 10, 2009:

Dunglish? Just wondering, if this does stand for 'net result before tax', is it Dunglish for 'pre-tax profit' or 'net profit'?
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_profit
Maybe Jarry (or others) could shed some light on this.