WEBINAR: Public CbCR in Australia

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WEBINAR
Public CbCR in Australia
Preparing for Public Disclosure


30 April, 2026	2:00 - 3:00p.m.	LIVE Webinar

Prepare for Australia’s new era of tax transparency with Public CbCR Reporting.

Australia’s Public Country‑by‑Country Reporting (Public CbCR) represents a fundamental shift in tax transparency for large multinational groups. For the first time, in‑scope organisations are required to publicly disclose detailed tax and financial information for every jurisdiction in which they operate, with reports published on a publicly accessible government website.

This is a step‑change from traditional, private compliance reporting. Public CbCR moves tax data into the public domain, significantly increasing regulatory, investor, media and community scrutiny. It also raises the bar for consistency and credibility across all public and private disclosures, including statutory financial statements, ESG and sustainability reports, OECD CbCR filings, transfer pricing documentation, and public announcements. In this new environment, Public CbCR is no longer just a tax compliance exercise - it is a reputational, governance and stakeholder‑management issue. Organisations that take a proactive, coordinated approach will be better positioned to tell a coherent tax story, manage risk, and demonstrate alignment between their tax outcomes, commercial operations and public commitments.

This webinar will provide a practical walk‑through of the ATO’s Public CbCR guidance, covering who is in scope, what information must be disclosed, and key reporting timelines. We will also explore the governance, data‑mapping and narrative considerations multinational groups should be addressing now to ensure their public disclosures are accurate, consistent and defensible - and to proactively manage reputational, regulatory and stakeholder risk.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is designed for leaders and teams who will be pulled into Public CbCR planning and delivery, including:

Heads of Tax / Group Tax / Tax Managers
CFOs / Finance Controllers / Financial Reporting
ESG / Sustainability Leads
Legal / Company Secretariat / Risk & Compliance
HR / People teams
Corporate Affairs / Communications

It is particularly relevant for groups assessing whether they meet Public CbCR conditions, including the AUD 1 billion annual global income threshold and Australian‑sourced turnover considerations.

Learning Objectives / Overview

By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:

Explain what Public CbCR is and why it differs from OECD CbCR obligations
Identify key eligibility conditions and the initial questions to determine whether the group is in scope
Understand due dates and first‑year timing, including the 12‑month lodgement timeframe for periods starting on or after 1 July 2024
List the key disclosures required (revenue, profit/loss, employees, taxes paid/accrued, activities and other prescribed metrics
Map the operational impacts (data gaps, system limitations, internal ownership) and why the effort is broader than tax
Outline a practical readiness plan: data mapping, methodology documentation, narrative explanations and governance controls to support public disclosure.

Agenda ~ 60 Minutes

A. What Public CbCR is (and why it matters now)

What the regime requires: public disclosure of tax and financial information by country on a government website
Why the shift increases public scrutiny and stakeholder attention

B. Eligibility: are you in scope?

The ATO’s three‑condition framework and what to test internally first
Key thresholds and entity considerations for large MNE groups

C. Due dates and first reporting periods

Reporting periods starting on or after 1 July 2024
Lodgement within 12 months after the end of the reporting period (and the practical implication for first lodgements)

D. What gets disclosed publicly

Core disclosures: revenue, profit/loss, employees, taxes paid/accrued, activities and other metrics
Why country‑level consistency matters when compared to other disclosures

E. The operational reality: data, systems and owners

Why Public CbCR drives increased compliance effort and cross‑functional demands (tax, finance, HR, compliance)
A practical approach to identifying data gaps and assigning ownership

F. Governance and narrative readiness

Governance controls and senior review expectations due to public release
Building a defensible narrative for “unusual outcomes”, volatility and restructuring explanations

G. Next steps checklist (what to do immediately)
Determine scope, data mapping, document methodology (including assumptions), prepare narratives, strengthen governance controls, and plan early for deadlines

Q&A Session

Open floor for questions
Live, practical guidance on specific scenarios raised by attendees

Why You Should Attend

Public CbCR is not just another lodgement. It is public, comparable, and will likely be analysed by stakeholders outside the tax function.
This session will help you build a practical readiness plan to reduce avoidable risk: clarifying whether you are in scope, understanding what will be disclosed, and putting in place the governance, data ownership and narrative discipline needed for a public‑facing report.

TPS brings a governance‑first mindset to complex disclosure and documentation environments, grounded in practical frameworks and robust evidence standards.

Meet the Speakers

Regional Transfer Pricing Specialists with deep experience in tariff-affected TP planning for MNE supply chains and proven track record in intercompany contract design, APA negotiation & TP risk management.

Shannon Smit

Founding Director

BIO

Shannon Smit is the founding director of Transfer Pricing Solutions and has consulted multi-national companies on transfer pricing, taxation and accounting for over 25 years. Transfer Pricing Solutions has been recognized for their expertise, and in 2017 Shannon was thrilled to be awarded Asia Pacific Transfer Pricing Leader of the Year.

Shannon’s career has provided her with a wide range of experience including global project management, transfer pricing and operational implementation for large-scale business transformation projects. She also has hands-on implementation experience with supply chain issues and managing interrelationships between international tax, accounting, IT systems and training of operations personnel. With eight years spent working in the USA and Europe, she has extensive experience in advising both Australian and foreign multi-national companies. Their clients include large ASX listed companies, private Australian companies, SME clients, foreign subsidiaries based in Australia, accounting and law firms.

Shannon was appointed to the Australian Governments Board of Taxation’s Working Group as an Expert Panel Member for the Review of Tax Impediments Facing Small Business and Shannon also lectures in Transfer Pricing as a part of the Melbourne University’s Law School International Tax Program.

Hong Chuan Tan

Director (AU)

BIO

Hong Chuan has comprehensive experience in transfer pricing where he has assisted clients with transfer pricing planning and risk management, transfer pricing documentation, Country-by-Country Reporting, and tax effective supply chain management in the Asia Pacific region, Australia, the US and the UK. His passion lies in optimising tax efficiency while ensuring compliance with the prevailing transfer pricing regulations. He also actively participated in transfer pricing reviews and audits with the Australian Taxation Office and Malaysian Inland Revenue board.

Hong Chuan takes pleasure in knowledge sharing and is a regular speaker in transfer pricing webinars/ seminars and workshops.

Public CbCR in Australia.

Prepare for Australia’s new era of tax transparency with Public CbCR Reporting.

WEBINAR: Public CbCR in Australia