Editing IKEA (section)

===Financial information===
[[File:IKEA Delft 2.JPG|thumb|IKEA Concept Centre in [[Delft]] – the head office of Inter IKEA Systems B.V. which owns the IKEA trademark and concept]]

The net profit of IKEA Group (which does not include Inter IKEA systems) in fiscal year 2009 (after paying franchise fees to Inter IKEA systems) was €2.538{{nbsp}}billion on sales of €21.846{{nbsp}}billion. Because INGKA Holding is owned by the non-profit INGKA Foundation, none of this profit is taxed. The foundation's nonprofit status also means that the Kamprad family cannot reap these profits directly, but the Kamprads do collect a portion of IKEA sales profits through the franchising relationship between INGKA Holding and Inter IKEA Systems.

As a franchisee, the Ingka Group pays 3% of [[royalties]] to Inter IKEA Systems.<ref name="greens-efa.eu" /><ref name=":6" /> Inter IKEA Systems collected €631{{nbsp}}million of [[franchise fee]]s in 2004 but reported pre-tax profits of only €225{{nbsp}}million in 2004. One of the major pre-tax expenses that Inter IKEA systems reported was €590{{nbsp}}million of "other operating charges". IKEA has refused to explain these charges, but Inter IKEA Systems appears to make large payments to I.I. Holding, another Luxembourg-registered group that, according to ''[[The Economist]],'' "is almost certain to be controlled by the Kamprad family". I.I. Holding made a profit of €328{{nbsp}}million in 2004.

In 2004, the Inter IKEA group of companies and I.I. Holding reported combined profits of €553m and paid €19m in taxes, or approximately 3.5 percent.<ref name="Economist, May 11, 2006" />

IKEA has avoided millions of euros in taxes<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://europeangreens.eu/news/ikea-report-ikea-avoided-1-billion-taxes-using-european-taxation-system-its-own-benefit |title=IKEA report: IKEA avoided €1 billion in taxes by using the European taxation system to its own benefit {{pipe}} European Greens |access-date=30 October 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030124933/https://europeangreens.eu/news/ikea-report-ikea-avoided-1-billion-taxes-using-european-taxation-system-its-own-benefit |url-status=dead }}</ref> performing some intricate mechanisms<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boffey |first=Daniel |date=2017-12-18 |title=EU investigates Ikea after Dutch deals reduce tax bill by €1bn|work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/18/eu-probes-ikea-after-dutch-deals-reduce-tax-bill-by-1bn |access-date=2023-11-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and it was noted by the EU back in 2017. The main countries where they operated their business using tax loopholes were the [[Netherlands]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[Belgium]].

[[Public Eye (organization)|Public Eye]], a non-profit organisation in Switzerland that promotes corporate responsibility, has formally criticised IKEA for its tax avoidance strategies. In 2007, the organisation nominated IKEA for one of its Public Eye "awards", which highlight corporate irresponsibility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evb.ch/en/p11676.html |publisher=[[Erklärung von Bern]] |title=Berne Declaration Public Eye Awards, 2007 Nominations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409212238/http://www.evb.ch/en/p11676.html |archive-date=9 April 2014 }}</ref>

In February 2016, the [[The Greens–European Free Alliance|Greens / EFA]] group in the [[European Parliament]] issued a report entitled ''[https://www.greens-efa.eu/legacy/fileadmin/dam/Documents/Studies/Taxation/Report_IKEA_tax_avoidance_Feb2016.pdf IKEA: Flat Pack Tax Avoidance]'' on the tax planning strategies of IKEA and their possible use to avoid tax in several European countries. The report was sent to [[Pierre Moscovici]], the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, and [[Margrethe Vestager]], the [[European Commissioner for Competition]], expressing the hope that it would be of use to them in their respective roles "to advance the fight for tax justice in Europe".<ref name="greens-efa.eu" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/241801/gross-profit-of-ikea-worldwide/ | title=Gross profit of IKEA worldwide 2009–2018 {{pipe}} Statista | access-date=14 December 2017 | archive-date=15 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215110656/https://www.statista.com/statistics/241801/gross-profit-of-ikea-worldwide/ | url-status=live }}</ref>