BHP says it paid $18.5 billion in taxes, royalties and other direct payments to Australia's federal and state governments in 2021/22, and estimates it paid around 10 per cent of all company tax in Australia that year.
Overall The Big Australian said its contribution to Australia's economy in fiscal 2022 was $79.3 billion, including $16.5 billion spent on suppliers, $39.6 billion in dividends returned to shareholders and $4.6 billion on wages paid to its workforce of 50,000. It also invested $106 million on social projects.
