16. Income taxes

Income tax

In € thousand

1–12/2018

1–12/2017
adjusted

Actual tax – reporting year

11,059

12,233

Actual tax – previous year

21,087

7,886

Deferred tax

27,324

27,043

Total

59,470

47,162

The basic corporate income tax rate applied for all segments was 25 per cent. National tax regulations in conjunction with life insurance profit participation may lead to a different calculated income tax rate.

Reconciliation statement

In € thousand

1–12/2018

1–12/2017
adjusted

1)

Earnings before taxes multiplied by the corporate income tax rate

Earnings before taxes

294,618

264,631

Expected tax expenses1)

73,655

66,158

Adjusted by tax effects from

 

 

Tax-free investment income

–17,807

–14,351

Amortisation of goodwill and impairment losses

–35

0

Tax-neutral consolidation effect

–81

–1,022

Other non-deductible expenses/other tax-exempt income

2,749

11,642

Changes in tax rates

0

107

Deviations in tax rates

–12,329

–7,680

Taxes for previous years

21,758

–7,239

Lapse of loss carried forward and other

–8,439

–452

Income tax expenses

59,470

47,162

Average effective tax burden In per cent

20.2

17.8

Group taxation

UNIQA exercises in Austria the option of forming a group of companies for tax purposes; there are three taxable groups of companies with the parent groups UNIQA Insurance Group AG, PremiQaMed Holding GmbH and R-FMZ Immobilienholding GmbH.

The group members are generally charged, or relieved by, the corporation tax amounts attributable to them by the parent group through the distribution of their tax burden in the tax group. Losses from foreign group members are also included within the scope of taxable profits. The tax realisation for these losses is accompanied by a future tax obligation to pay income taxes at an unspecified point in time. A corresponding provision is therefore formed for future subsequent taxation of foreign losses.