Shell received $14.7 billion income and returned $11.8 billion to its shareholders through dividends in 2014. The company, which made this disclosure in its 2014 sustainability report released at the weekend, said that its total capital investment of $37.3 billion by the company in 2014 would help to build and sustain business for the future.
Besides, Shell paid globally $14.3 billion in income taxes and $3.9 billion in royalties in 2014. "We collected $72.7 billion in excise duties, sales taxes and similar taxes on our fuel and other products on behalf of governments", it stated.
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