The Group Data Collection workspace contains general information about the multinational enterprise (MNE) group and the metadata required for the CbCR report. Most data in this workspace rarely changes; recurring updates focus on the start and end dates of the reporting fiscal year (CbC-0.2 and CbC-0.3), and on per-report additional information, omitted-information notes, and material-discrepancy explanations.

The Group Data Collection workspace can be found at Country-by-Country-Reporting | Group Data Collection. The workspace is displayed as follows, for example:

'Group Data Collection' workspace is displayed.
'Group Data Collection' workspace

To change the starting and ending dates of the reporting fiscal year, CbC-0.2 and CbC-0.3, do one of the following:

  • Click the calendar button on the respective row, and select a new date from the calendar.
  • Manually enter a date, using the format YYYY-MM-DD.

Changes in this section only become effective after clicking the Save button at the top of the page.

The following data can be entered:

SectionDescription
General Group Information• Name of the MNE Group (CbC-0.1)
• Start Date of the Reporting Fiscal Year (CbC-0.2)
• End Date of the Reporting Fiscal Year (CbC-0.3)
• Ultimate Parent Entity (CbC-0.4) — optional drop-down list
CbC-Report Information• Receiving Country (CbC-0.5)
• Transmitting Country (CbC-0.6)
• Report Due Date (CbC-0.7)
Entity Role Information• Reporting Entity (CbC-0.10)
• Reporting Role (CbC-0.11)
• AuthTaxNumber MNU (CbC-0.12)
Germany-Specific Extension for Reporting to BZSt• BZSt Number (CbC-0.15)
• Account ID (CbC-0.16)
• Processing type (Verarbeitungslauf) (CbC-0.17)

Note: This section is only visible when Receiving Country (CbC-0.5) is set to DE - Germany.
WarningUse CbC-0.20 for free-text remarks about the CbC report — for example, when the reported data covers a period shorter than a full fiscal year (such as a ten-month period), or when the message contains reports for MNE groups with differing fiscal years.

Note: This field must remain empty when Receiving Country (CbC-0.5) is set to DE - Germany. Submitting non-empty content under a German receiving country produces a validation error.
Public CbC Report InformationpCbC-1.1 — Activate this check box when the report is based on the reporting instructions used for tax purposes pursuant to Section III, Parts B and C, of Annex III to Directive 2011/16/EU.
• Language of the Public CbC Report (pCbCR-1.2a)
• Name of Non-EU Subsidiary Publishing the Report (pCbCR-1.3, if applicable)
• Name of Non-EU Branch Publishing the Report (pCbCR-1.4, if applicable)
• To include an optional KPI in the public report, activate its check box:
  – Revenues from transactions with related parties (pCbCR-2.1)
  – Revenues from transactions with non-related parties (pCbCR-2.2)
  – Tangible assets other than cash and cash equivalents (pCbCR-2.3)
  – Stated capital (pCbCR-2.4)
  – Public subsidies received (pCbCR-2.5)
Australia specific extension for public reporting• ATO Reference Number (ARN) — foreign parent entities only (AUS-ARN)
• Jurisdictions reported individually in Australian Public CbCR (AUS-1.1)
• Reporting entity email (AUS-1.2)
• Reporting entity phone (AUS-1.3)
AUS-1.4 — Activate this check box when the group has been granted a full exemption from publishing a Public CBC report for this reporting period.
AUS-1.5 — Activate this check box when the group is exempt from publishing the member of its CBC reporting group.
AUS-2.1 — Activate this check box when the group is exempt from publishing the statement on approach to tax.
• PCBC Statement on approach to tax (AUS-2)
Additional informationA table of free-text explanations attached to specific CbC report line items, optionally restricted to one or more jurisdictions and tagged with a language.

To add a row, click Add additional information at the top of the page and complete the form. To edit an existing row, click the pencil icon in its first column.

The table has the following columns:
Jurisdiction — the country or countries the additional information applies to
Reference — the CbC report line item or items the additional information explains
Language of the Additional Information — the language of the explanation text
Additional information — the explanation text itself
Omitted informationA table of items that have been omitted from the public CbC report, or that were omitted in a previous financial year and are now disclosed in the current report.

To add a row, click Add/omit public information at the top of the page and complete the form. To edit an existing row, click the pencil icon in its first column.

The table has the following columns:
Fiscal Year — the fiscal year the omission or disclosure applies to
Schema — the reporting schema the row belongs to
Jurisdiction — the jurisdiction or jurisdictions affected
Item — the specific data item that was omitted or is now disclosed
Explanation — a free-text reason for the omission or, in the case of a later disclosure, a description of the item
Explanations for material discrepancies between income tax paid and accruedA table of explanations for material discrepancies between the amounts of income tax accrued during the financial year and the amounts of income tax paid on a cash basis.

To add a row, click Add material discrepancy explanation at the top of the page and complete the form. To edit an existing row, click the pencil icon in its first column.