The path to tax transparency in the Benelux
In recent years, tax authorities, corporate management, but also civil society, investors and customers, are increasingly demanding more tax transparency and tax risk management. These stakeholders require transparency from multinational companies, and transparency is all about fostering trust and maintaining and building reputation. Now more than ever, companies need to be able to demonstrate that they are continuously ‘in control’ of tax risks.
Updated ESG Tax Tracker - Global developments in ESG-related taxes, incentives and grants
The KPMG ESG Tax Tracker, providing insight into the global ESG and Sustainability landscape for taxes, incentives and grants. The regulatory landscape is changing rapidly. Governments across the globe are introducing tax measures and incentives to positively influence behaviors that are impacting the environment and contributing to climate change
Sustainability and the tax function: defining ESG
In recent years the public debate about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and taxation has seen an upsurge with the public, including civil society organizations and authorities (including the EU institutions) steering businesses towards more regulation and transparency regarding their environmental, social and governance (ESG) tax matters.
Revenues EU ETS and CBAM for the EU?
On December 22, 2021, the European Commission published its proposal for the next generation of EU own resources. There are from a Tax Sustainability perspective two proposed new resources of revenue in relation to the EU budget.
Article: Squaring away the total cost of tax compliance using SAP S/4 HANA - Key considerations for tax decision makers
Many organizations are moving towards SAP S/4 HANA. The implementation of this new SAP backbone provides a once in a decade opportunity to increase tax compliance while at the same time reducing associated costs. In this article specialists Romain Emens and Roger Haenen outline the key considerations relevant for tax decision makers, both from an opportunity as well as a point of attention perspective.
Getting tax data right with compliance by design
Many tax teams spend the bulk of their time dealing with tax data — finding it, correcting it, reconciling it and formatting it for tax reporting and other compliance needs. But processes like these are under rising pressure as tax authorities demand more tax data, in greater detail, and ever closer to real time.
Now, advancing technologies offer tax teams opportunities take a powerful new approach to their tax data. With compliance by design, organizations can ensure their systems and data management solutions deliver tax data that’s right the first time.