Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026)

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) recorded quarterly Tax Provisions of $2.1 billion in Q1 2026, down 70.45% quarter-over-quarter from $7.2 billion in Q3 2025, and up 349.58% on a YoY basis from $476.0 million in Q1 2025.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Berkshire Hathaway's Tax Provisions history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $2.1 billion for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Provisions rose 349.58% year-over-year to $2.1 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $12.2 billion (down 28.6% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $13.0 billion, down 57.18% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions was $2.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Berkshire Hathaway, down from $7.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Provisions ranged from a high of $17.2 billion in Q4 2022 to a low of -$12.1 billion in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Tax Provisions has averaged $3.4 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.6 billion in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Tax Provisions plunged 265.38% in 2022, then soared 618.45% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Provisions shows it stood at $17.2 billion in 2022, then sank by 125.55% to -$4.4 billion in 2023, then surged by 237.25% to $6.0 billion in 2024, then rose by 20.12% to $7.2 billion in 2025, then plunged by 70.45% to $2.1 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Provisions figures came in at $2.1 billion (Q1 2026), $7.2 billion (Q3 2025), and $2.3 billion (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 American International 39.85 Bn 1.02 Bn 2.60 Bn 224.00 Mn
2 Hartford Insurance 35.40 Bn 26.34 Bn 2.15 Bn 201.00 Mn
3 Arch Capital 32.21 Bn 31.30 Bn 4.02 Bn 98.00 Mn
4 Brookfield Wealth Solutions 9.95 Bn -3.21 Bn 4.62 Bn 49.00 Mn
5 FIHL 2.04 Bn 2.04 Bn - -
6 International General Insurance Holdings 1.03 Bn 811.79 Mn 111.10 Mn -300,000.00
7 Waterdrop 632.07 Mn 560.72 Mn 129.34 Mn 5.97 Mn
8 Sun Life Financial 48.32 Mn -8.02 Bn - 75.11 Mn
9 Exzeo 1.16 Mn -230.22 Mn 32.74 Mn 7.18 Mn
10 Berkshire Hathaway - - 87.16 Bn 2.14 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 2.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 7.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.29 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 476.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 6.03 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 7.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.87 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -4.39 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 9.24 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 9.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 17.19 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -1.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -12.07 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 8.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.84 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 7.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 2.69 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.89 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 7.52 Bn