Shell plc (SHEL) Deferred Taxes (2015 - 2018)

Shell (SHEL) has reported Deferred Taxes for 4 consecutive years, with $2.8 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2018.

• For the quarter ending Q4 2018, Deferred Taxes fell 17.29% year-over-year to $2.8 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2018 stood at $10.5 billion (up 36.17% YoY), and the FY2018 full-year result was $10.5 billion, up 106.66% from the prior year.
• Deferred Taxes improved to $2.8 billion in Q4 2018 per SHEL's latest filing, from $2.7 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $4.7 billion in Q4 2015 and bottomed at $119.0 million in Q2 2016.
• Historically, Deferred Taxes has averaged $1.9 billion across 4 years, with a median of $1.5 billion in 2017.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2016 and 2017: Deferred Taxes slumped 93.21% in 2016, then surged 1167.23% in 2017.
• Over 4 years, Deferred Taxes stood at $4.7 billion in 2015, then plunged by 81.45% to $872.0 million in 2016, then surged by 288.76% to $3.4 billion in 2017, then retreated by 17.29% to $2.8 billion in 2018.
• According to Business Quant data, Deferred Taxes over the past three periods registered $2.8 billion, $2.7 billion, and $2.8 billion for Q4 2018, Q3 2018, and Q2 2018 respectively.