AP Møller Mærsk profit after the first half of 2022 is 117 billion DKK. The company does not pay corporation tax on the income made from shipping. They pay the 4% tonnage tax instead. So, despite historically high profits, very little goes into the coffers of the state. Now, there is demand from the political class to rethink the tonnage tax.
- To compare, AP Møller-Maersk paid 4,5 billion DKK tax last year, while Novo Nordisk paid 14,7 billion DKK last year. Novo Nordisk made 48,7 billion DKK profit while AP Møller-Maersk made 117 billion DKK.
