American Express (AXP) Deferred Taxes (2010 - 2026)

American Express' (AXP) quarterly Deferred Taxes came in at $145.0 million in Q1 2026, up 825.0% year-on-year from $15.7 million in Q1 2025, and up 45.0% quarter-over-quarter from $100.0 million in Q4 2025.

American Express (AXP) Deferred Taxes (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Express has disclosed Deferred Taxes across 15 years of filings, most recently posting $145.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 came in at $145.0 million, up 825.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$377.0 million (up 67.05% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$542.0 million, up 45.25% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes came in at $145.0 million for Q1 2026 at American Express, up from $100.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $518.0 million in Q2 2023 to a low of -$2.6 billion in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is $100.0 million (2025), against an average of -$89.8 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes surged 856.82% in 2022 and plunged 680.91% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • American Express' Deferred Taxes stood at $440.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 680.91% to -$2.6 billion in 2023, then soared by 97.14% to -$73.0 million in 2024, then surged by 236.99% to $100.0 million in 2025, then surged by 45.0% to $145.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at $145.0 million (Q1 2026), $100.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$257.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Visa 548.22 Bn 535.81 Bn - 453.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 437.48 Bn 427.27 Bn - 193.00 Mn
3 American Express 231.87 Bn 177.83 Bn 17.43 Bn 145.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 125.74 Bn 49.24 Bn - 244.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 38.80 Bn 29.46 Bn 7.84 Bn -290.00 Mn
6 Synchrony Financial 25.78 Bn 5.22 Bn - 28.00 Mn
7 Affirm Holdings 24.65 Bn 22.93 Bn 261.64 Mn -
8 SoFi Technologies 22.89 Bn 19.49 Bn 929.25 Mn 28.90 Mn
9 Ally Financial 14.15 Bn 13.70 Bn 1.98 Bn -22.00 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.63 Bn 6.61 Bn 562.70 Mn -13.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 145.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 100.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -257.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -365.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -20.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -73.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -473.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -578.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 134.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -2.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 375.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 518.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 334.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 440.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 347.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 333.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 69.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -141.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 85.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -44.00 Mn