Annual Integrated Report for the year ended 30 June 2024

Group tax and economic contribution1

The Group's value-focused strategy aims to position the business as a high-value, sustainable, profitable, socially and environmentally responsible, and competitive producer with increasing exposure to low-cost, shallow and mechanisable production over time.

Group taxes 2024
Rm
Borne
%
2023
Rm
Borne
%
Corporate income taxes 1 238 100 6 012 100
Withholding taxes 152 18 407 18
Payroll taxes 6 054 6 5 263 4
Indirect taxes2 1 307 26 1 334 23
Property taxes 120 100 91 100
Environmental taxes 110 100 74 100
  8 981   13 181  
Other payments to governments3 1 261 100 2 447 100
Total tax contribution 10 242   15 628  
Group effective tax rate 16%   37%  
    2024
Rm
2023
Rm
Value distributed to stakeholders (prepared on the accrual basis)4   79 643 102 220
Communities, suppliers and business partners Cost of sales – other5 (44 686) (50 500)
  Consumables and services (31 152) (28 247)
  Metals purchased (13 534) (22 253)
  IFRS 2 Share-based Payment charge on B-BBEE transaction – IBR and Impala CSOT, and    
  Bokamoso Consortium6 (1 658) –
Employees and contractors Labour and other (26 810) (22 933)
  IFRS 2 Share-based Payment charge on B-BBEE transaction – IBR ESOT6 (274) –
Governments Taxes and state royalties (2 931) (7 154)
  Direct state taxes7 (1 844) (5 243)
  State royalties (1 087) (1 911)
Lenders Finance costs (407) (383)
Shareholders Value diminished/(retained) for non-controlling interests 142 (97)
  Dividends8 (1 791) (13 642)
  Retention of shareholders’ value (1 228) (7 511)
Number of employees      
Own employees and contractors   66 253 69 931

1 Refer to page 23 and the economic contributions in each country on pages 24 to 28 and the analysis of our data by country from page 30.
2 VAT/sales taxes, customs duty and securities transfer tax (STT).
3 Primarily comprise state royalties.
4 Numbers have been prepared on the accrual basis.
5 Includes R663 million (FY2023: R713 million) non-state royalties.
6 Refer to page 24.
7 Includes withholding taxes.
8 Includes dividends paid to non-controlling interests.