Apple (AAPL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Apple's Tax Rate was 17.86% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 27, 2026), up 1.46 percentage points from 16.40% a year earlier and up 0.41 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Apple (AAPL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Apple's Tax Rate was 17.30% through Jun 27, 2026, down 6.05 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 27, 2025), it came in at 15.61%, down 8.48 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +1.18 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was 24.09% in FY2024 (+9.37 pp), 14.72% in FY2023 (-1.49 pp), 16.20% in FY2022 (+2.90 pp) and 13.30% in FY2021 (-1.13 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q4 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate has increased for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.82 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q4 2024 (a gain of 35.26 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2025 (a drop of 33.96 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, AAPL's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was 17.46% (Q2 2026), 17.46% (Q1 2026) and 16.27% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 5,087.87 Bn | 4,835.36 Bn | 54.77 Bn | 17.86% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 440.38 Bn | 376.31 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 21.77% |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | 323.75 Bn | 279.51 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 19.45% |
| 4 | Arista Networks | 236.06 Bn | 189.52 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 19.37% |
| 5 | Sandisk | 192.10 Bn | 180.62 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 12.05% |
| 6 | Sony | 153.25 Bn | 90.51 Bn | 6.53 Bn | 26.70% |
| 7 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 146.83 Bn | 141.82 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 14.02% |
| 8 | Western Digital | 139.55 Bn | 129.38 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 12.71% |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 81.28 Bn | 59.16 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 12.60% |
| 10 | Lumentum Holdings | 64.61 Bn | 56.43 Bn | 477.30 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 17.86% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 17.46% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 17.46% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 16.27% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 16.40% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.46% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 14.69% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 50.23% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 15.87% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 15.76% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 15.89% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.97% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 12.55% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 14.88% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.79% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 15.96% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 15.71% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 17.02% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 16.03% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 11.60% |
API Access
Apple Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=AAPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=AAPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();