The Public Report (EU) workspace shows the European Union public Country-by-Country report for the selected snapshot, prepared under EU Directive 2021/2101. It is available only when the snapshot includes the EU public-reporting scope (Public CbCR (EU)), which you select when you perform the calculation.

The Public Report (EU) workspace can be found at Country-by-Country-Reporting | Calculation | Public Report (EU) and is displayed as follows, for example:

Public Report (EU) workspace is displayed.
'Public Report (EU)' workspace

The report is organized into five sections, Section 1 to Section 5.

Section 1 shows the general information that identifies the multinational enterprise (MNE) group:

  • Ultimate parent entity and its jurisdiction
  • Start and end dates of the reporting fiscal year
  • Reporting currency
  • Public-reporting fields (pCbC-1.1 to pCbCR-1.4), such as the reporting language and the reporting entity

In the EU report, you can also download the report in iXBRL (XHTML) format from this section.

Section 1 of the Public Report (EU) workspace is displayed.
Section 1 of the 'Public Report (EU)' workspace

Section 2 displays the income tax information on a country-by-country basis. Each reportable jurisdiction appears as its own column, followed by a final All other tax jurisdictions (aggregated basis) column that aggregates the remaining jurisdictions. To omit a row, use the Add/omit public information section in the Group Data Collection workspace.

Section 2 of the Public Report (EU) workspace is displayed.
Section 2 of the 'Public Report (EU)' workspace

Section 3 lists the constituent entities and their main business activities. Each jurisdiction appears as a column, with rows for the country code, the names of the constituent entities resident in that jurisdiction, and the following 13 business-activity types:

  • Research and Development
  • Holding or Managing Intellectual Property
  • Purchasing or Procurement
  • Manufacturing or Production
  • Sales, Marketing, or Distribution
  • Administrative, Management, or Support Services
  • Provision of Services to Unrelated Parties
  • Internal Group Finance
  • Regulated Financial Services
  • Insurance
  • Holding Shares or Other Equity Instruments
  • Dormant
  • Other

A check mark indicates that at least one entity in the jurisdiction performs that activity. Permanent establishments are not listed in this section.

Section 3 of the Public Report (EU) workspace is displayed.
Section 3 of the 'Public Report (EU)' workspace

Section 4 shows the information omitted under the derogation rules, in two parts: the omissions for the current reporting fiscal year (with the jurisdiction, the omitted item, and an explanation), and the omissions from the previous five fiscal years (with the fiscal year, the jurisdiction, and the omitted item). You maintain these entries in the Group Data Collection workspace.

Section 4 of the Public Report (EU) workspace is displayed.
Section 4 of the 'Public Report (EU)' workspace

Section 5 shows the explanations for material discrepancies between income tax paid and income tax accrued, as a list. You enter these explanations in the Group Data Collection workspace.

Section 5 is only displayed when at least one material discrepancy explanation has been entered. If no explanations exist, neither the heading nor the section appears in the report.

Section 5 of the Public Report (EU) workspace is displayed.
Section 5 of the 'Public Report (EU)' workspace

This content was generated using AI and reviewed by Lucanet subject matter experts before publication.

Last updated on Jul 28, 2026