Marginal Tax Rate
The rate applied to the next unit of taxable profit, and the correct rate for the tax shield in a WACC and for taxing EBIT in unlevered free cash flow. Not the effective rate the accounts show, which reflects one-off items, loss carryforwards and the geographic mix of a particular year and will not persist.
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