15. Income tax

Income tax

In € thousand

1–12/2020

1–12/2019
adjusted

Actual tax – reporting year

46,378

33,647

Actual tax – previous year

–8,736

11,345

Deferred tax

–4,867

11,961

Total

32,775

56,953

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.

Reconciliation statement

In € thousand

1–12/2020

1–12/2019 adjusted

Earnings before taxes

57,056

295,667

Expected tax expenses1)

14,264

73,917

Adjusted by tax effects from

 

 

Tax-free investment income

–17,873

–17,250

Amortisation of

26,438

513

Tax-neutral consolidation effect

–79

27

Other non-deductible expenses/other tax-exempt income

16,001

994

Changes in tax rates

2,024

–20

Deviations in tax rates

–26,063

–18,069

Tax deducted at source

1,562

1,356

Taxes for previous years

8,206

8,532

Lapse of loss carried forward and other

8,293

6,952

Income tax expenses

32,775

56,953

Average effective tax burden (in per cent)

57.4

19.3

1)

Earnings before taxes multiplied by the corporate income tax rate

Excluding impairments of goodwill in the amount of €105,752 thousand, the average effective tax burden would come to 20.1 per cent.

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.
Value of business in-force
Calculation of the value of business in-force (VBI). Designates the present value of future profits arising from life insurance contracts, less the present value of the costs arising from the capital to be held in connection with this business.