Growth Metrics

Apple (AAPL) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Apple (AAPL) has disclosed Tax Rate for 17 consecutive years, with 17.46% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Tax Rate rose 277.0% year-over-year to 17.46%, compared with a TTM value of 16.56% through Dec 2025, down 698.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 15.61%, down 848.0% over the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 17.46% for Q4 2025 at Apple, up from 16.27% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 50.23% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 10.77% in Q2 2021.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 16.95%, with a median of 15.78% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Tax Rate soared 3526bps in 2024, then plummeted -3396bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 16.03% in 2021, then fell by -1bps to 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Tax Rate for AAPL at 17.46% in Q4 2025, 16.27% in Q3 2025, and 16.4% in Q2 2025.