Apple (AAPL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Apple's Tax Rate was 15.01% in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Sep 26, 2026), down 1.26 percentage points from 16.27% a year earlier and down 2.85 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Apple (AAPL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Sep 26, 2026), Tax Rate at Apple came in at 16.99%, up 1.38 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +3.69 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was 15.61% in FY2025 (-8.48 pp), 24.09% in FY2024 (+9.37 pp), 14.72% in FY2023 (-1.49 pp) and 16.20% in FY2022 (+2.90 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q1 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.75 percentage points.
- 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 Q4 2026 was 17.86% (Q3 2026), 17.46% (Q2 2026) and 17.46% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 5,001.57 Bn | 4,747.03 Bn | 54.82 Bn | 15.01% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 377.71 Bn | 313.64 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 21.77% |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | 202.66 Bn | 158.42 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 19.45% |
| 4 | Arista Networks | 201.17 Bn | 150.37 Bn | 2.33 Bn | 18.54% |
| 5 | Sony | 169.37 Bn | 106.78 Bn | 7.96 Bn | 26.69% |
| 6 | Sandisk | 116.13 Bn | 100.95 Bn | 9.38 Bn | 13.07% |
| 7 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 107.17 Bn | 102.01 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 11.15% |
| 8 | Western Digital | 100.18 Bn | 90.01 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 12.71% |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 58.54 Bn | 36.42 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 12.60% |
| 10 | Garmin | 55.19 Bn | 44.75 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 18.07% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | 15.01% |
| 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% |
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();