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Payments overview

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Key figures in 2022

  • Total revenue and other income

    $386.2 billion

  • Profit before corporate income tax

    $64.8 billion

  • Corporate income tax paid [A]

    $13.4 billion

  • Taxation charge

    $21.9 billion

  • Total expenditure

    $321.4 billion

  • Effective tax rate

    33.8%

    OECD average corporate income tax rate

    23.1%

[A] We paid $13.1 billion in corporate income taxes and accrued $0.3 billion of withholding taxes. For more details, see the chapter on Our tax data. Withholding tax is part of 'Other' of $3.0 billion in the Cash Flow Statement.

Overview of tax and other payments to governments

a$68.2 billionb$17.9 billiona Taxes paid and collected$68.2 billionCorporate income taxes [A] $13.4 billionRoyalties [B] $8.2 billionExcise duties, sales taxes and similar levies [C] $46.6 billionb Other payments to governments [D]$17.9 billionProduction entitlements$15.1 billionBonuses $221 millionFees $2.6 billiona$68.2 billionb$17.9 billiona Taxes paid and collected$68.2 billionCorporate income taxes [A] $13.4 billionRoyalties [B] $8.2 billionExcise duties, sales taxes and similar levies [C] $46.6 billionb Other payments to governments [D]$17.9 billionProduction entitlements$15.1 billionBonuses $221 millionFees $2.6 billion

[A] We paid $13.1 billion in corporate income taxes and accrued $0.3 billion of withholding taxes. For more details, see the chapter on Our tax data. Withholding tax is part of 'Other' of $3.0 billion in the Cash Flow Statement.

[B] Royalties is part of Purchases of $258.5 billion as included in the Income Statement.

[C] This amount has been derived from regulatory filings submitted to the relevant governments.

[D] Read more in Payments to Governments Report.

Corporate income tax
This is a direct tax imposed on companies’ profits. It is sometimes levied at a national level but can also be levied on a state or local basis.
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Royalties
Royalties are generally payments due for the use of an asset. Mineral royalties are payments to governments or other owners for the rights to extract oil and gas resources, typically at a set percentage of revenue less any deductions that may be taken. See Trademark royalties.
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Withholding taxes
A withholding tax is an income tax to be paid to the government by the payer of the income rather than by the recipient of the income. The tax is thus withheld or deducted from the income due to the recipient. Withholding taxes usually apply to royalties, interest or dividends.
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