Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Apple posted quarterly Tax Rate of 17.46% for Q1 2026, up 200.0% year-on-year from 5.82% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 17.46% in Q4 2025.

Apple (AAPL) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 17.46% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 200.0% year-over-year to 17.46%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.99% (down 640.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 15.61%, down 848.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 17.46%, roughly flat from 17.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 50.23% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 12.55% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 15.87% (2024), against an average of 17.79%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Tax Rate surged 3526 bps; it then sank 3396 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 15.79% in 2022, then rose by 1 bps to 15.89% in 2023, then dropped by 8 bps to 14.69% in 2024, then rose by 19 bps to 17.46% in 2025, then declined by 0 bps to 17.46% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 17.46% (Q1 2026), 17.46% (Q4 2025), and 16.27% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Apple 4,505.01 Bn 4,436.50 Bn 54.78 Bn 17.46
2 Sonos 1.95 Bn 1.70 Bn 124.65 Mn 7.21
3 Zepp Health 1.91 Bn 1.80 Bn 34.42 Mn 106.98
4 Vuzix 331.33 Mn 310.18 Mn 375,000.00 -
5 Turtle Beach 256.59 Mn 244.27 Mn 11.29 Mn 0.80
6 Axil Brands 44.33 Mn 38.81 Mn 5.04 Mn 24.05
7 Koss 39.85 Mn 21.00 Mn 1.00 Mn -0.34
8 Foxx Development Holdings 34.37 Mn 31.18 Mn -1.45 Mn -
9 GoPro 12.18 Mn -28.54 Mn 4.31 Mn -2.28
10 Emerson Radio 8.47 Mn -4.82 Mn 206,000.00 -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 17.46
Mar 28, 2026 17.46
Dec 27, 2025 17.46
Dec 27, 2025 17.46
Sep 27, 2025 16.27
Sep 27, 2025 16.27
Jun 28, 2025 16.40
Jun 28, 2025 16.40
Mar 29, 2025 15.46
Mar 29, 2025 15.46
Dec 28, 2024 14.69
Dec 28, 2024 14.69
Sep 28, 2024 50.23
Sep 28, 2024 50.23
Jun 29, 2024 15.87
Jun 29, 2024 15.87
Mar 30, 2024 15.76
Mar 30, 2024 15.76
Dec 30, 2023 15.89
Dec 30, 2023 15.89
Sep 30, 2023 14.97
Sep 30, 2023 14.97
Jul 1, 2023 12.55
Jul 1, 2023 12.55
Apr 1, 2023 14.88
Apr 1, 2023 14.88
Dec 31, 2022 15.79
Dec 31, 2022 15.79
Sep 24, 2022 15.96
Sep 24, 2022 15.96
Jun 25, 2022 15.71
Jun 25, 2022 15.71
Mar 26, 2022 17.02
Mar 26, 2022 17.02
Dec 25, 2021 16.03
Dec 25, 2021 16.03
Sep 25, 2021 11.60
Sep 25, 2021 11.60
Jun 26, 2021 10.77
Jun 26, 2021 10.77
Mar 27, 2021 15.64
Mar 27, 2021 15.64
Dec 26, 2020 14.37
Dec 26, 2020 14.37
Sep 26, 2020 14.95
Sep 26, 2020 14.95
Jun 27, 2020 14.34
Jun 27, 2020 14.34
Mar 28, 2020 14.36
Mar 28, 2020 14.36
Dec 28, 2019 14.21
Dec 28, 2019 14.21
Sep 28, 2019 15.14
Sep 28, 2019 15.14
Jun 29, 2019 15.67
Jun 29, 2019 15.67
Mar 30, 2019 16.18
Mar 30, 2019 16.18
Dec 29, 2018 16.49
Dec 29, 2018 16.49
Sep 29, 2018 13.98
Sep 29, 2018 13.98
Jun 30, 2018 13.29
Jun 30, 2018 13.29
Mar 31, 2018 14.51
Mar 31, 2018 14.51
Dec 30, 2017 25.77
Dec 30, 2017 25.77
Sep 30, 2017 23.02
Sep 30, 2017 23.02
Jul 1, 2017 22.91
Jul 1, 2017 22.91
Apr 1, 2017 24.89
Apr 1, 2017 24.89
Dec 31, 2016 26.01
Dec 31, 2016 26.01
Sep 24, 2016 26.04
Sep 24, 2016 26.04
Jun 25, 2016 25.53
Jun 25, 2016 25.53
Mar 26, 2016 25.64
Mar 26, 2016 25.64
Dec 26, 2015 25.28
Dec 26, 2015 25.28
Sep 26, 2015 26.15
Sep 26, 2015 26.15
Jun 27, 2015 26.23
Jun 27, 2015 26.23
Mar 28, 2015 26.91
Mar 28, 2015 26.91
Dec 27, 2014 26.18
Dec 27, 2014 26.18
Sep 27, 2014 26.19
Sep 27, 2014 26.19
Jun 28, 2014 26.10
Jun 28, 2014 26.10
Mar 29, 2014 26.02
Mar 29, 2014 26.02
Dec 28, 2013 26.18
Dec 28, 2013 26.18
Sep 28, 2013 25.94
Sep 28, 2013 25.94
Jun 29, 2013 26.87
Jun 29, 2013 26.87
Mar 30, 2013 26.02
Mar 30, 2013 26.02
Dec 29, 2012 26.00
Dec 29, 2012 26.00
Sep 29, 2012 -94.57
Sep 29, 2012 -94.57
Jun 30, 2012 25.60
Jun 30, 2012 25.60
Mar 31, 2012 25.17
Mar 31, 2012 25.17
Dec 31, 2011 25.25
Dec 31, 2011 25.25
Sep 24, 2011 -60.47
Sep 24, 2011 -60.47
Jun 25, 2011 23.48
Jun 25, 2011 23.48
Mar 26, 2011 24.22
Mar 26, 2011 24.22
Dec 25, 2010 24.60
Dec 25, 2010 24.60
Sep 25, 2010 -51.90
Sep 25, 2010 -51.90
Jun 26, 2010 24.21
Jun 26, 2010 24.21
Mar 27, 2010 23.70
Mar 27, 2010 23.70
Dec 26, 2009 29.00
Dec 26, 2009 29.00
Sep 26, 2009 -56.64
Sep 26, 2009 -56.64
Jun 27, 2009 32.10
Jun 27, 2009 32.10
Mar 28, 2009 32.10
Mar 28, 2009 32.10