(CercleFinance.com) – Rio Tinto indicates that it has paid a total of $8.5 billion in taxes and royalties in 2023 worldwide.
A year earlier, this amount had risen to $10.8 billion, including $1.5 billion in Australian corporate taxes linked to previous years.
In Australia – home to almost half of the company’s global operations – taxes and royalties totaled $6.6 billion (or AU$10 billion) paid in 2023, including corporation tax paid $4.1 billion (A$6.2 billion).
Rio Tinto also made significant tax and royalty payments to Canada ($601 million), Chile ($477 million), Mongolia ($371 million) and the United States ($123 million). dollars).
‘We remain committed to being a leader in transparent tax reporting, while continuing to find better ways to contribute to our host countries and communities,’ commented Peter Cunningham, Chief Financial Officer of Rio Tinto.
Over the past ten years, Rio Tinto says it has paid $76 billion in taxes and royalties globally, with more than 78% of that going to Australia.
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