Public Country-by-Country Reporting & Tax Transparency

The EU introduced the Public Country-by-Country Reporting (CbC Report, or CbCR) Directive in November 2021 by which a vast number of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the member states are obliged to publicly display corporate income tax data. Austria published a first draft of implementing this Directive into Austrian tax law in April 2024. While many […]

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Foreign Subsidies Regulation – Expanded EU State aid rules

On 12 January 2023, the new regulation on foreign subsidies (Foreign Subsidies Regulation, “FSR”) agreed by the European Parliament and the Council entered into force. The FSR is intended to enable the identification and redress of possible distortions in the EU internal market caused by foreign subsidies to companies operating in the EU. According to […]

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DACH study on tax transparency and sustainability reporting

Public awareness of the importance of tax as a contribution to society increases especially in times of crisis. The trend towards greater transparency also means that tax has become an established part of sustainability reporting. With the adoption of the “GRI 207: Tax 2019” standard in December 2019, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defined for […]

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