Financial Excellence With Game Changers, Presented By Sap

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 Rule