15. Income tax

Income tax

In € thousand

1–12/2021

1–12/2020

Actual tax – reporting year

88,255

46,378

Actual tax – previous year

10,919

–8,736

Deferred tax

–34,789

–4,867

Total

64,385

32,775

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

In January 2022, the decision was taken in Austria to reduce the corporate tax rate to 24 per cent in 2023 and to 23 per cent from 2024. If the new corporate tax rates were applied to the deferred tax assets or liabilities recognised at 31 December 2021 in respect of Austrian Group companies (in total, surplus of deferred tax liabilities), the surplus of deferred tax liabilities would be reduced by €10,271 thousand and €20,543 thousand, respectively.

Reconciliation statement

In € thousand

1–12/2021

1–12/2020

Earnings before taxes

382,289

57,056

Expected tax expenses1)

95,572

14,264

Adjusted by tax effects from

 

 

Tax-free investment income

–21,196

–17,873

Amortisation of value of business in force

3,025

26,438

Tax-neutral consolidation effect

9

–79

Other non-deductible expenses/other tax-exempt income

–16,264

16,001

Changes in tax rates

–5

2,024

Deviations in tax rates

–35,556

–26,063

Tax deducted at source

1,476

1,562

Taxes for previous years

12,311

8,206

Lapse/impairment of loss carryforwards and other

25,014

8,293

Income tax expenses

64,385

32,775

Average effective tax burden (in per cent)

16.8

57.4

1)

Earnings before taxes multiplied by the corporate income tax rate

Group taxation

In Austria, UNIQA exercises 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.

Profit participation
Policyholders have a reasonable right under statutory and contractual regulations to the company’s surplus profits generated in life and health insurance. The level of this profit participation is determined again each year.