

62% of groups are concerned that a possible outcome of the OECD’s Pillar One / Pillar Two project will be an increase in their corporate tax liability.41% of groups have been actively engaged in the OECD’s Pillar One / Pillar Two project consultation either directly or through other channels.Taxation of the digital economy remains a ‘hot topic’* 76% of Boards are actively engaged in tax governance, this has remained high over the years.74% of respondents are concerned about the media coverage, political and activist group interest in corporate taxation, and 79% expect such interest to increase following COVID-19 pandemic.25% of respondents expect that U.S Senate will pass a treaty to implement Pillar One by 2023.55% are somewhat confident that they have readily available tax and accounting data necessary to comply with Pillar Two.46% of respondents have a very rudimentary analysis of the impact of Pillar Two on their tax profiles.

62% does not expects that the implementation of Pillar Two will not cause groups to make significant changes to their corporate structure.47% expect that Pillar One / Pillar Two will result in a significant increase in their group’s global effective tax rate.55% of respondent groups have been actively engaged in OECD’s Pillar One /Pillar Two project consultation either directly or through other channels.59% of respondents expect that a critical mass of countries will implement Pillar One / Pillar Two by 2024.Pillar One / Pillar Two remains a ‘hot topic’ and businesses are preparing for the impact 55% of respondents expect that a tax transparency strategy for their group has been or will be set up within 12 months.42% of respondents have an up-to-date tax transparency strategy for their group, which has been tested with the senior leadership.33% of respondents expect to increase their level of voluntary tax transparency over the next year.60% of respondents expect their group to align its external communication in relation to its tax performance with a transparency standard.

Voluntary tax transparency standards are increasingly being adopted by businesses
