Blackline (BL) Tax Rate (2023 - 2026)
Blackline's Tax Rate came in at 27.41% for Q2 2026, down 18.29 percentage points from 45.70% a year earlier and down 32.88 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Blackline (BL) Tax Rate (2023 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Blackline reported Tax Rate of 41.41%, up 111.56 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 43.48%, up 78.02 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of +45.30 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was -34.54% in FY2024 (-36.93 pp), 2.40% in FY2023 (-26.12 pp), 28.52% in FY2022 (+28.65 pp) and -0.13% in FY2021 (+1.68 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since Q4 2024.
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +21.21 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q4 2025 (a gain of 432.51 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2024 (a drop of 392.20 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BL's Tax Rate at 60.29% (Q1 2026), 47.77% (Q4 2025) and 35.43% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 1.42% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 15.11% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | - |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 22.54% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 31.96% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 22.20% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 32.78% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | - |
| 10 | Blackline | 1.55 Bn | -1.06 Bn | 142.68 Mn | 27.41% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 27.41% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 60.29% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 47.77% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 35.43% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 45.70% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 47.26% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.60% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.47% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.75% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.46% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.19% |
Blackline 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=BL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "BL", "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=BL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();