Tax Strategy and Taxes

Generali contributes significantly to the development and financial stability of the countries where it operates, covering a key role in a period where governments pursue the balance between growth and welfare.

The Group’s Italian and foreign Companies pay income tax based on the rates and taxation rules set by the laws of each country.

The higher impact of taxation, rising from 30,2% to 32,7%, is mainly the result of an increase due to the lack of some positive one off effects posted at YE21 and, as of YE22, to some non deductible costs partially offset by the positive effects of previous periods taxes.

Since 2016, a Tax Control Framework has been implemented for detecting, measuring, managing and controlling the tax risks. Currently (FY2022), the framework applies to the 14 Italian Companies (8 main insurance Companies, 2 Companies from the real estate field and 4 Companies from the investments and services field) and 1 Branch of AG.

Starting from FY2019, some main foreign Companies have equipped themselves with a similar tax risk management system. Currently (FY2022) 22 foreign Companies belonging to the following countries are included in our Framework: Germany, France, Austria, The Netherlands, Spain, EEC region and Portugal.

The framework of the Companies that adopt the TCF is constantly evolving through the gradual extension to the main Italian and foreign Companies of the Group, which will continue in 2023.

The Tax Risk Management activities, with the aim of ensuring a correct implementation of the TCF, include four phases:

• Management of the Risk & Control Matrix;
• Drafting of the Monitoring Plan;
• Tax Risk Assessment;
• Testing activities.

The Group has an internal regulatory framework that governs the activities relating to the TCF in detail. This regulatory framework is constantly being updated.

The framework is not yet mandatory for Italian companies and is part of OECD’s (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) Cooperative Compliance. Its aim is to ensure the correct identification and appropriate control of tax risks through an approach based on an analysis that cuts across various corporate processes, in order to prevent or mitigate the risk of breaching tax regulations.

Please note that the Group Company which have officially joined the Cooperative Compliance programme with the Italian Tax Authority are:

• Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (starting from FY 2020)
• Banca Generali (starting from dal FY 2020)
• Generali Italia S.p.A. (starting from FY 2021)
• Generali Investments Holding S.p.A. (starting from FY 2021)
• Generali Real Estate S.p.A (starting from FY 2021)
• Alleanza Assicurazioni S.p.A (starting from FY 2022)
• Genertellife S.p.A. (starting from FY 2022)

As institutional investors, we contribute to the development and financial stability of the countries through investment in government bonds of around € 143 billion. We also support the development of the real economy, including through investment in corporate bonds (non-financial) of around € 57,8 billion.