American Express (AXP) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026)

American Express' (AXP) quarterly Tax Provisions came in at $807.0 million in Q1 2026, up 8.18% year-on-year from $746.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 28.5% quarter-over-quarter from $628.0 million in Q4 2025.

American Express (AXP) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Express has disclosed Tax Provisions across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $807.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Provisions for Q1 2026 came in at $807.0 million, up 8.18% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.0 billion (up 7.81% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.0 billion, up 7.09% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions came in at $807.0 million for Q1 2026 at American Express, up from $628.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Provisions ranged from a high of $923.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of $299.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Provisions is $628.0 million (2025), against an average of $632.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Provisions plunged 49.06% in 2022 and soared 101.71% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • American Express' Tax Provisions stood at $299.0 million in 2022, then soared by 93.65% to $579.0 million in 2023, then rose by 1.21% to $586.0 million in 2024, then rose by 7.17% to $628.0 million in 2025, then rose by 28.5% to $807.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Provisions figures came in at $807.0 million (Q1 2026), $628.0 million (Q4 2025), and $923.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 1.15 Bn
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 930.00 Mn
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 807.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 518.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 280.00 Mn
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 242.00 Mn
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 4.50 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn 32.82 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 81.00 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.24 Bn 6.21 Bn 562.70 Mn 35.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 807.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 628.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 923.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 665.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 746.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 586.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 697.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 775.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 708.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 579.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 649.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 560.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 351.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 299.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 580.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 579.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 613.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 587.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 624.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 660.00 Mn