Shell (SHEL) Current Taxes (2009 - 2026)
Shell's Current Taxes came in at $4.35 billion for Q2 2026, up 19.4% from $3.64 billion a year earlier and up 12.0% from the prior quarter.
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Shell (SHEL) Current Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Shell's Current Taxes was $3.15 billion, down 32.3% from FY2024.
- Current Taxes carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 0.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Current Taxes was $4.65 billion in FY2024 (+35.8%), $3.42 billion in FY2023 (-29.7%), $4.87 billion in FY2022 (+49.6%) and $3.25 billion in FY2021 (+4.6%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Current Taxes since Q4 2024.
- Year-over-year, Current Taxes increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 1.2%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Current Taxes over five years came in Q1 2023 (growth of 57.9%), and the weakest in Q3 2021 (a decline of 59.1%).
- Business Quant data shows SHEL's Current Taxes at $3.88 billion (Q1 2026), $3.15 billion (Q4 2025) and $3.45 billion (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Current Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 778.24 Bn | 734.72 Bn | - | 4.20 Bn |
| 2 | Chevron | 463.12 Bn | 435.23 Bn | 33.45 Bn | 2.20 Bn |
| 3 | Shell | 320.05 Bn | 180.31 Bn | - | 5.82 Bn |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 208.53 Bn | 79.61 Bn | 31,614.00 | - |
| 5 | Conocophillips | 185.85 Bn | 158.56 Bn | 12.81 Bn | 2.54 Bn |
| 6 | Equinor Asa | 126.28 Bn | 39.13 Bn | - | 17.60 Bn |
| 7 | Canadian Natural Resources | 116.99 Bn | 113.99 Bn | 8.84 Bn | 693.93 Mn |
| 8 | Phillips 66 | 111.27 Bn | 95.06 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 2.69 Bn |
| 9 | Suncor Energy | 96.22 Bn | 81.97 Bn | - | 87.00 Mn |
| 10 | Eni Spa | 91.72 Bn | 31.35 Bn | - | 440.02 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.82 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.35 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.88 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.15 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.45 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.64 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.34 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.65 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.29 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.09 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.94 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.42 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.37 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.46 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.92 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.87 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.33 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.51 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.75 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.25 Bn |
API Access
Shell Current Taxes API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=current-taxes&ticker=SHEL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "current-taxes", "ticker": "SHEL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=current-taxes&ticker=SHEL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();