Note 55 Tax
€ million | 2016 | 2015 |
Current tax expense | -9 | -7 |
Movement in deferred taxes | - | 5 |
Total | -9 | -2 |
The effective tax rate was 29.3%. This relates to a net tax expense of €9 million made up of €10 million in tax for the 2016 financial year (including tax of €1 million in respect of permanent differences) and tax adjustments in respect of prior years (€1 million tax recovery).