Pillar Two Accounting Disclosures Under IFRS

Accounting standards and how they impact on Pillar Two

IAS 1, IAS 10 and IAS 12 all have provisions that can impact on the required disclosures in financial statements for Pillar Two, however, the key determinant will be whether the domestic tax law to implement the Pillar Two GloBE Rules has been announced, substantively enacted, or enacted before the financial statements are issued.

Joint Statement – Pillar Two Gains Momentum in the EU

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Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands issued a joint statement stating that if agreement is not reached on Pillar Two in ‘the next few weeks’ they will push forward domestic implementation of the Pillar Two GloBE rules ‘by any possible legal means’ in 2023. 

Interaction Between OECD Pillar 1 and Pillar 2

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Whilst Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 are separate and independent of each other, there are areas where they overlap, most notably the inclusion of Pillar 1 tax for Pillar 2 purposes and the overlap in some of the adjusted profits definitions.