Total tax contribution
In compliance with our tax policy Essity strives to act as a responsible taxpayer, promoting the importance of transparency and fair, ethical tax practices. Essity pays the amount of taxes legally due in any territory, in accordance with local legislation and internationally accepted principles.
Essity generates billions of SEK in taxes borne as well as taxes collected in the countries where we operate. Taxes borne include for example corporate income tax, social security contributions, energy tax, property tax and real estate tax. Taxes collected include for example net VAT and income taxes from employee payroll.
In 2025 the total tax contribution, our full economic contribution in taxes including both taxes borne, and taxes collected, amounted to SEK 25.5 billion (27.1 billion in year 2024).