Growth Metrics

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Berkshire Hathaway has reported Tax Rate over the past 17 years, most recently at 19.0% for Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Tax Rate at 19.0% for Q3 2025, up 33.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Sep 2025 was 16.88% (down 81.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 15.82%, down 1318.0%.
  • Tax Rate for Q3 2025 was 19.0% at Berkshire Hathaway, up from 11.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for BRK-A hit a ceiling of 33.38% in Q3 2022 and a floor of 9.25% in Q1 2025.
  • Median Tax Rate over the past 5 years was 18.92% (2022), compared with a mean of 19.36%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Rate: skyrocketed 1864bps in 2022 and later tumbled -965bps in 2025.
  • Berkshire Hathaway's Tax Rate stood at 18.54% in 2021, then decreased by -2bps to 18.26% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 42bps to 25.9% in 2023, then decreased by -28bps to 18.67% in 2024, then rose by 2bps to 19.0% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Tax Rate were 19.0% (Q3 2025), 11.76% (Q2 2025), and 9.25% (Q1 2025) per Business Quant data.