Apple (AAPL) Income Taxes Paid (2009 - 2026)
Apple (AAPL) reported Income Taxes Paid of $6.16 billion for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 9.0% from $5.65 billion a year earlier but down 63.7% from the prior quarter.
Apple (AAPL) Income Taxes Paid (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 27, 2026, Apple's Income Taxes Paid came in at $32.59 billion, down 26.3% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it was $43.37 billion, up 66.2% from FY2024.
- Income Taxes Paid has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 35.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Income Taxes Paid came in at $26.1 billion in FY2024 (+39.7%), $18.68 billion in FY2023 (-4.6%), $19.57 billion in FY2022 (-22.9%) and $25.39 billion in FY2021 (+167.2%).
- Five-year quarterly Income Taxes Paid spans a low of $828 million in fiscal Q1 2023 and a high of $18.65 billion in fiscal Q1 2025.
- Year over year, Income Taxes Paid gained in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 20.1%.
- The high point for year-over-year Income Taxes Paid in five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (growth of 776.2%); the low point was fiscal Q1 2023 (a decline of 84.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $16.96 billion (Q2 2026), $3.43 billion (Q1 2026) and $6.04 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes Paid (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 5,020.54 Bn | 4,766.00 Bn | 54.82 Bn | - |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 371.11 Bn | 307.04 Bn | 11.06 Bn | - |
| 3 | Arista Networks | 215.34 Bn | 164.54 Bn | 2.33 Bn | - |
| 4 | Dell Technologies | 212.13 Bn | 167.88 Bn | 9.83 Bn | - |
| 5 | Sony | 161.14 Bn | 95.68 Bn | 7.96 Bn | -771.44 Mn |
| 6 | Sandisk | 122.92 Bn | 107.75 Bn | 9.38 Bn | 865.00 Mn |
| 7 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 105.29 Bn | 100.14 Bn | 2.43 Bn | - |
| 8 | Western Digital | 96.46 Bn | 86.29 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 36.00 Mn |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 59.75 Bn | 37.63 Bn | 4.93 Bn | - |
| 10 | Garmin | 55.13 Bn | 44.69 Bn | 1.26 Bn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 6.16 Bn |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 16.96 Bn |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 3.43 Bn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 6.04 Bn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 5.65 Bn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.03 Bn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 18.65 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 6.87 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 4.70 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 7.28 Bn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 7.26 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.66 Bn |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 2.13 Bn |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 4.07 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 828.00 Mn |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 7.32 Bn |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 2.95 Bn |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 4.07 Bn |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 5.24 Bn |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 6.85 Bn |
Apple Income Taxes Paid API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=AAPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "income-taxes-paid", "ticker": "AAPL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=AAPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();