Payments overview

Key figures – 2018

Payments overview – Key figures 2018: $396.6 billion revenue; $360.9 billion total expenditure; $35.6 billion profit before corporate income tax; $10.1 billion corporate income taxes paid 28% of pre-tax profit; $11.7 billion taxation charge; 32.9% effective tax rate (infographic)

Overview of tax and other payments to governments

in $ billion

Overview of tax and other payments to governments (in $ billion): $64.1 billion taxes paid and collected; $17.9 billion of other payments to governments1; $48.2 billion: Customs, excise duties, sales taxes and similar levies collected; $10.1 billion: Corporate income taxes paid; $5.8 billion: Government royalties paid; $14.3 billion Production entitlements; $3.6 billion: Bonuses and fees. Footnote1: Our Payments to Governments Report for 2018 shows only upstream taxes paid, including corporate income tax ($8.2 billion), royalties ($3.3 billion) and other payments to governments ($17.9 billion) totalling $29.4 billion. (infographic)

1 Our Payments to Governments Report for 2018 shows payments in countries where Shell has upstream operations, including corporate income tax ($8.2 billion), royalties ($3.3 billion) and other payments to governments ($17.9 billion), totalling $29.4 billion.