39.1 Guarantees
The Company has given guarantees that its subsidiaries, the financial figures of which are included in the consolidated financial statements, will comply with certain contractual obligations.
The Company has a combined credit and guarantee facility of EUR 20,000 (2022/2023: EUR 50,000), of which a drawdown of EUR 154 was made (2022/2023: no drawdown) in the form of a guarantee.
The Company provided Parent Company guarantees related to some of the properties that are leased. The total of those guarantees as at September 30, 2024 amounted to EUR 3,473 (September 30, 2023: EUR 3,383).
The Company provided a guarantee to a bank relating to all audit partners of the KPMG group that was financed by this bank. The guarantee relates to outstanding balances insofar used to finance KPMG and to the extent that profits have been deferred in line with measure 3.5, published by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Chartered Accountants.
39.2 Tax group
Together with its 100% subsidiaries, including KPMG N.V., Coöperatie KPMG U.A. forms a tax group for corporate income tax purposes. Each of the companies of the tax group is, under the relevant standard tax conditions, jointly and severally liable for the tax payable by all of the companies in the tax group. As the head of the income tax fiscal unity, the Cooperative pays the income tax assessments. It is, however, KPMG N.V. that incurs the total income tax expense of the tax group, except for the amount attributable to the Cooperative under the ruling with the Dutch Tax Authorities.
KPMG N.V. is part of a tax group for value added tax purposes, headed by Coöperatie KPMG U.A. Each of the companies of the tax group is, under the relevant standard tax conditions, jointly and severally liable for the tax payable by all of the companies in the tax group.