Apple (AAPL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Apple has reported Tax Rate for 18 years, with the latest figure at 17.86% in Q2 2026.

• Tax Rate for Q2 2026 came in at 17.86%, up 146.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 17.3% (down 605.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 15.61%, down 848.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate grew to 17.86% in Q2 2026, from 17.46% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 50.23% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 12.55% in Q3 2023.
• A 5-year average of 17.79% and a median of 15.88% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Tax Rate surged 3526 bps; it then slumped 3396 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 15.79% in 2022, then increased by 1 bps to 15.89% in 2023, then slipped by 8 bps to 14.69% in 2024, then increased by 19 bps to 17.46% in 2025, then advanced by 2 bps to 17.86% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Tax Rate figures were 17.86% in Q2 2026, 17.46% in Q1 2026, and 17.46% in Q4 2025.