Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Apple filings provide 18 years of Tax Rate readings, the most recent being 17.46% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate rose 200.0% to 17.46% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 16.99%, a 640.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 15.61%, down 848.0% from a year prior.
  • Tax Rate hit 17.46% in Q1 2026 for Apple, roughly flat from 17.46% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 50.23% in Q3 2024 to a low of 12.55% in Q3 2023.
  • Median Tax Rate over the past 5 years was 15.87% (2024), compared with a mean of 17.79%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Rate: skyrocketed 3526bps in 2024 and later tumbled -3396bps in 2025.
  • Apple's Tax Rate stood at 15.79% in 2022, then grew by 1bps to 15.89% in 2023, then decreased by -8bps to 14.69% in 2024, then grew by 19bps to 17.46% in 2025, then fell by 0bps to 17.46% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Tax Rate were 17.46% (Q1 2026), 17.46% (Q4 2025), and 16.27% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.