Income taxes include income taxes paid and owed as well as deferred taxes (+ income tax expense/ – income tax benefit).
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      2017/18  | 
      
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      2018/19  | 
    
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Current tax expense  | 
      
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      227.5  | 
      
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      153.8  | 
    
Effective tax expense  | 
      
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      234.4  | 
      
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      168.6  | 
    
Adjustments of taxes from previous periods  | 
      
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      –8.7  | 
      
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      –14.1  | 
    
Recognition of tax losses from previous periods  | 
      
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      1.8  | 
      
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      –0.7  | 
    
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Deferred tax expense  | 
      
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      –10.4  | 
      
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      33.3  | 
    
Origination/reversal of temporary differences  | 
      
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      –20.6  | 
      
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      29.9  | 
    
Adjustments of taxes from previous periods  | 
      
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      7.2  | 
      
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      8.6  | 
    
Impact of changes in tax rates  | 
      
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      10.2  | 
      
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      2.2  | 
    
Recognition of tax losses from previous periods  | 
      
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      –7.2  | 
      
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      –7.4  | 
    
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      217.1  | 
      
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      187.1  | 
    
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In millions of euros  | 
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The effects of the changes in tax rates in the amount of EUR 2.2 million (2017/18: EUR 10.2 million) concern solely foreign taxes. The actual tax expense was reduced by the income tax effect of EUR –7.5 million from hybrid capital payments (2017/18: EUR –7.5 million).
The following reconciliation shows the difference between the Austrian corporate tax rate of 25% and the effective Group tax rate:
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      2017/18  | 
      
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      2018/19  | 
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Profit before tax  | 
      
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      1,042.5  | 
      
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      645.7  | 
    
Income tax expense using the Austrian corporate tax rate  | 
      
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      25.0%  | 
      
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      260.6  | 
      
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      25.0%  | 
      
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      161.4  | 
    
Difference to foreign tax rates  | 
      
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      0.1%  | 
      
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      1.4  | 
      
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      –0.5%  | 
      
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      –3.6  | 
    
Non-taxable income and expenses  | 
      
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      –1.8%  | 
      
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      –19.2  | 
      
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      –3.8%  | 
      
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      –24.5  | 
    
Non-taxable income from investments  | 
      
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      –0.5%  | 
      
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      –4.8  | 
      
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      –0.7%  | 
      
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      –4.4  | 
    
Effects of depreciation of investments and utilization of previously unincluded loss carryforwards and non-recognition of loss carryforwards  | 
      
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      –4.1%  | 
      
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      –43.0  | 
      
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      1.5%  | 
      
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      9.6  | 
    
Taxes from previous periods  | 
      
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      –0.1%  | 
      
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      –1.5  | 
      
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      –0.9%  | 
      
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      –5.5  | 
    
Hybrid capital  | 
      
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      –0.7%  | 
      
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      –7.5  | 
      
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      –1.2%  | 
      
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      –7.5  | 
    
Other differences  | 
      
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      3.0%  | 
      
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      31.1  | 
      
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      9.6%  | 
      
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      61.6  | 
    
Effective Group tax rate (%)/income tax expense  | 
      
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      20.8%  | 
      
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      217.1  | 
      
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      29.0%  | 
      
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      187.1  | 
    
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In millions of euros  | 
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