Adobe (ADBE) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Adobe's Tax Rate was 22.49% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), up 3.51 percentage points from 18.98% a year earlier but down 1.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Adobe (ADBE) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Adobe's Tax Rate was 21.52% through Aug 28, 2026, up 3.74 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), it came in at 18.37%, down 1.42 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has now declined for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year change of +44.32 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was 19.78% in FY2024 (-0.38 pp), 20.16% in FY2023 (-0.67 pp), 20.84% in FY2022 (+5.36 pp) and 15.48% in FY2021 (+41.44 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between 15.47% (fiscal Q4 2024) and 35.95% (fiscal Q1 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate has increased for six straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.49 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q4 2021 (a gain of 103.98 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q1 2025 (a drop of 18.95 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, ADBE's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was 23.50% (Q2 2026), 22.01% (Q1 2026) and 18.02% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 97.16 Bn | 72.41 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 22.49% |
| 2 | Autodesk | 56.45 Bn | 44.48 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 17.03% |
| 3 | Atlassian | 49.40 Bn | 42.68 Bn | 1.53 Bn | 29.38% |
| 4 | Twilio | 33.00 Bn | 22.64 Bn | 760.53 Mn | - |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 26.85 Bn | -3.88 Bn | 985.50 Mn | 22.68% |
| 6 | Figma | 11.88 Bn | 5.20 Bn | 314.44 Mn | - |
| 7 | Dropbox | 7.93 Bn | 3.57 Bn | 506.50 Mn | 18.61% |
| 8 | RingCentral | 6.58 Bn | 6.11 Bn | 494.30 Mn | - |
| 9 | Open Text | 6.44 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 37.84% |
| 10 | Box | 6.04 Bn | 3.91 Bn | 253.97 Mn | 39.66% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 22.49% |
| May 29, 2026 | 23.50% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 22.01% |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 18.02% |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 18.98% |
| May 30, 2025 | 19.51% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 17.00% |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 15.47% |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 17.53% |
| May 31, 2024 | 18.50% |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 35.95% |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 17.98% |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 19.51% |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 21.52% |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 21.96% |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 22.48% |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 21.98% |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 21.05% |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 17.95% |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 16.01% |
API Access
Adobe 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=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "ADBE", "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=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();