The Arrival of Minimum Taxes: A New World Order?

The Buzz 1: Most of the countries negotiating a global overhaul of cross-border taxation of multinationals have backed plans for new rules on where companies are taxed and a tax rate of at least 15%… A global minimum corporate income tax of at least 15% could yield around $150 billion in additional global tax revenues annually. 130 countries, representing more than 90% of global GDP, had backed the agreement at the talks. New rules on where the biggest multinationals are taxed would shift taxing rights on more than $100 billion of profits to countries where the profits are earned. [reuters.com – 2021-07-01] The Buzz 2: As of 4 November 2021, over 135 countries and jurisdictions joined a new two-pillar plan to reform international taxation rules and ensure that multinational enterprises pay a fair share of tax wherever they operate. [oecd.org] Look up! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s global minimum tax. Will your company be hit and if yes, how hard? Global minimum tax rules, aka “Pillar Two Model Rules”, are set to go into effect in 2024. Developed as part of the OECD/G20 BEPS 2.0 project, these rules will dramatically change the international tax landscape and create significant new tax reporting and compliance requirements for affected organizations, in every industry. With the clock ticking, your Finance organization needs to understand the potential impacts of these rules and develop a comprehensive technology-centered plan. Priorities to cover: adapting internal processes and systems to manage the new computations and data requirements, calculating your global minimum tax liabilities and satisfying reporting obligations. Saddle up! We’ll ask Sveinung Baumann-Larsen at EY, Erika Buson at SAP and Matthias Klein at BASF for their take on The Arrival of Minimum Taxes: A New World Order.