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Wayne DickinsonSenior Tax Manager
Agenda
• Practical issues around year end reporting and calculation processes in Industry
• The importance of the effective tax rate to stakeholders
• The impact of the public debate on tax reporting and disclosures
Projects
ReportingCompliance
Year End Process
Review/Follow Up
Year End ProcessInformation in Calculation Process Delivery
ForecastBusiness Knowledge Tax Profile
Year End Process
Forecast
Business Knowledge Tax Profile
Year End Process
• Identify stakeholders• Set expectations and stick to them• Preparation is key
Year End ProcessInformation in
Year End Process
• Preparation– Working papers– Accounting records– Tax issues identified– Tax team briefed
• Excel v software?• Time for calculation• Controls/logic check• Overseas operations
Year End ProcessCalculation/Process
Year End Process
• Preparation• Challenges: forecast assumptions wrong (!)• Provisions/risks
Delivery
Year End Process
• Auditor management• Stakeholder management• Communication
Summary
Year End Process
• Stakeholders• Finalise workings• Journal push down
Review/Follow Up
Stakeholders
CFO
CEO
Auditors
Analysts
Banks
Public
Press
Lobbyists
MP’s
PAC
Employees
Inv RelPR
TAX EVASION
Efforts to evade taxes by illegal
means
Commonly found through false
declarations to tax authorities
Legal use of the tax regime to one’s own advantage
Reduce tax liability within the law
TAX AVOIDANCE -v-
“People work hard, they pay their taxes, they save up to go to one of his shows. They buy their tickets. He is taking the money from those tickets and he, as far as I can see, is putting all of that into some very dodgy tax avoiding schemes”David Cameron
Public Accounts Committee
Retailers in the Spotlight
Lobbying
Other Headlines
Tax, Lies and VideotapeBBC One 16th Sept 2013
Vodafone: No UK tax to pay on £84bn saleRobert Peston – BBC
news website, 1st Sept 2013
Mobile group Three taps large tax
creditDaniel Thomas and Vanessa Houlder – FT, 18th Sept 2013
Beanie Babies’ owner pleads guilty to tax
evasionKara Scannell, BBC news website,
19th Sept 2013
“The poll suggested public opinion continues to strengthen against the tax strategies of multinationals. Eighty-four per cent of those polled expressed anger at multinationals avoiding tax, up from 80 per cent in an earlier ComRes poll for Christian Aid in February.”
Vanessa Houlder, FT, 25th August 2013
A director’s duty ..... Is not a duty to avoid tax”
Farrer & Co Opinion, 7th June 2013
Other Activity
• Base Erosion & Profit Shifting– European focus driven by political and public scrutiny during
the recession– Consensus that to act alone could damage competitiveness
has led to support for OECD’s coordination role– Public consultation 12/13 November: common template for
country by country reporting of high level information to tax authorities
• CBI statement of principles setting out good practice in disclosure
• UK GAAR
Market Place Reactions
Overseas Havens Enhanced Tax Disclosures on Tax Contributions
Financing Arrangements Corporate Responsibility
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Publication of Tax Strategy and Tax Governance
Disclosure of Tax Contribution
Enhanced UK Tax Reconciliation
Country by Country Reporting
Total Taxes PaidCorporation Tax £X (Y
%)
Customs duties £X (Y%)
Employers NIC £X (Y%)
Other Taxes £X (Y%)
Business Rates £X (Y%)
PAYE £X (Y%)
Employees NIC £X (Y%)
VAT £X (Y%)
Excise Duties £X (Y%)
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Publication of Tax Strategy and Tax Governance
Disclosure of Tax Contribution
Enhanced UK Tax Reconciliation
Country by Country Reporting
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Summary
• Practical issues around year end reporting and calculation processes in Industry
• The importance of the effective tax rate to stakeholders
• The impact of the public debate on tax reporting and disclosures
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Thank You !
Any Questions?