8. Income taxes

      Income taxes include income taxes paid and owed as well as deferred taxes (+ income tax expense /– income tax benefit).

       

       

      2019/20

       

      2020/21

       

       

       

       

       

      Current tax expense

       

      74.2

       

      54.2

      Effective tax expense

       

      82.0

       

      85.9

      Adjustments of taxes from previous periods

       

      –6.3

       

      –27.8

      Recognition of tax losses from previous periods

       

      –1.5

       

      –3.9

       

       

       

       

       

      Deferred tax expense

       

      –88.0

       

      –75.1

      Origination/reversal of temporary differences

       

      –92.1

       

      –71.6

      Adjustments of taxes from previous periods

       

      4.4

       

      31.8

      Impact of changes in tax rates

       

      1.9

       

      –1.2

      Recognition of tax losses from previous periods

       

      –2.2

       

      –34.1

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      –13.8

       

      –20.9

       

       

       

       

       

      In millions of euros

      The effects of the changes in tax rates in the amount of EUR –1.2 million (2019/20: EUR 1.9 million) concern solely foreign taxes. In the previous year, the actual tax expense was reduced by the income tax effect of EUR 6.4 million from hybrid capital payments. The adjustments of taxes from previous periods relate, in particular, to loss carrybacks from previous losses.

      The following reconciliation shows the difference between the Austrian corporate tax rate of 25% and the effective Group tax rate:

       

       

      2019/20

       

      2020/21

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Profit before tax

       

       

       

      –230.3

       

       

       

      10.8

      Income tax expense (+)/benefit (–) using the Austrian corporate tax rate

       

      25.0%

       

      –57.6

       

      25.0%

       

      2.7

      Difference to foreign tax rates

       

      –2.6%

       

      6.1

       

      22.2%

       

      2.4

      Non-taxable income

       

      13.1%

       

      –30.3

       

      –156.5%

       

      –16.9

      Non-taxable income from equity investments

       

      1.6%

       

      –3.7

       

      –36.1%

       

      –3.9

      Effects of depreciation of equity investments and utilization of previously unincluded loss carryforwards and non-recognition of loss carryforwards

       

      –11.7%

       

      26.9

       

      –324.1%

       

      –35.0

      Taxes from previous periods

       

      0.8%

       

      –1.9

       

      37.0%

       

      4.0

      Hybrid capital

       

      2.8%

       

      –6.4

       

      0.0%

       

      0.0

      Non-tax-effective impairment of goodwill

       

      –7.3%

       

      16.9

       

      58.3%

       

      6.3

      Non-deductible expenses and other differences

       

      –15.7%

       

      36.2

       

      180.6%

       

      19.5

      Effective Group tax rate (%)/ income tax expense (+)/ income tax benefit (–)

       

      6.0%

       

      –13.8

       

      –193.6%

       

      –20.9

       

      In millions of euros