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15. What percentage of your company’s procurement spend is channeled through e-sourcing or e-procurement
(e-RFx, e-auctions)? What do you expect it will be in three years’ time?
Currently
2%2% 7%
17%
33%
28% 11%
In 3 years
6% 9% 19% 26% 18% 10% 13%
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
581– 587 respondents % of respondents
More than 75% 50-75% 25-50% 10-25%
Less than 10% None Don’t know
16. When considering international procurement operations, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the
following tax-related statements?
In structuring our procurement operations, we
consider both direct and indirect taxes
18% 37% 20% 7% 3% 15%
Customs duties and compliance is a major 16% 34% 22% 11% 3% 14%
issue and we actively manage it to reduce the
costs of compliance
Transfer pricing related to internal transfers of
goods and services between related parties
arising from procurement activities is a
significant issue for us
14% 31% 24% 12% 4% 15%
Our overall tax burden has been reduced by 9% 23% 27% 15% 5% 21%
structuring international procurement
operations in a tax-efficient manner
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
588– 589 respondents % of respondents
Agree strongly Agree Neutral Disagree
Disagree strongly
Don’t know/ Not applicable
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