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20 April 2018

Global Corporate Divestment Study: Key tax considerations for divestment success

EY's 2018 Global Corporate Divestment Study shows 87% of companies are planning to divest in the next two years, compared with 43% in 2017. C-suite executives are telling us that tax plays a key role in maximizing value on divestments as new tax policies are reshaping the tax profile of businesses, from US tax reform to the OECD/ G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project cascading throughout Europe.

In the attached slipsheet, we focus on some of the key tax findings from our survey.

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