Income taxes include income taxes paid and owed as well as deferred taxes (+income tax expense/–income tax benefit).
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      2015/16  | 
      
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      2016/17  | 
    
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Current tax expense  | 
      
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      145.2  | 
      
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      142.8  | 
    
Effective tax expense  | 
      
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      146.3  | 
      
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      141.4  | 
    
Adjustments of taxes from previous periods  | 
      
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      –0.9  | 
      
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      1.7  | 
    
Recognition of tax losses from prior periods  | 
      
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      –0.2  | 
      
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      –0.3  | 
    
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Deferred tax expense  | 
      
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      4.0  | 
      
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      30.1  | 
    
Origination/reversal of temporary differences  | 
      
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      13.1  | 
      
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      47.5  | 
    
Adjustments of taxes from previous periods  | 
      
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      –4.2  | 
      
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      –6.5  | 
    
Impact of changes in tax rates  | 
      
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      0.6  | 
      
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      0.0  | 
    
Recognition of tax losses from prior periods  | 
      
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      –5.5  | 
      
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      –10.9  | 
    
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      149.2  | 
      
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      172.9  | 
    
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In millions of euros  | 
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The changes in tax rates apply solely to foreign taxes.
The following reconciliation shows the difference between the Austrian corporate tax rate of 25% and the effective Group tax rate:
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      2015/16  | 
      
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      2016/17  | 
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Profit before tax  | 
      
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      751.3  | 
      
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      699.9  | 
    
Income tax using the Austrian corporate tax rate  | 
      
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      25.0%  | 
      
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      187.8  | 
      
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      25.0%  | 
      
  | 
      175.0  | 
    
Difference to foreign tax rates  | 
      
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      0.4%  | 
      
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      2.7  | 
      
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      –0.6%  | 
      
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      –4.1  | 
    
Non-taxable income and expenses  | 
      
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      –3.0%  | 
      
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      –22.7  | 
      
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      –2.5%  | 
      
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      –17.5  | 
    
Non-taxable income from investments  | 
      
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      –0.4%  | 
      
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      –2.7  | 
      
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      –0.7%  | 
      
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      –4.9  | 
    
Effects of depreciation of investments and utilization of previously unrecognized losses carried forward and non-recognition of losses carried forward, respectively  | 
      
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      0.1%  | 
      
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      0.3  | 
      
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      0.2%  | 
      
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      1.4  | 
    
Taxes from previous periods  | 
      
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      –0.7%  | 
      
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      –5.1  | 
      
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      –0.7%  | 
      
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      –4.8  | 
    
Other differences  | 
      
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      –1.5%  | 
      
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      –11.1  | 
      
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      4.0%  | 
      
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      27.8  | 
    
Effective Group tax rate (%)/income tax expense  | 
      
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      19.9%  | 
      
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      149.2  | 
      
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      24.7%  | 
      
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      172.9  | 
    
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In millions of euros  | 
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