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

Berkshire Hathaway has reported Tax Rate for 18 years, with the latest figure at 19.62% in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate rose 786.0% year-over-year to 19.62% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 16.43%, a 164.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 18.81%, down 879.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate was 19.62% for Q2 2026 at Berkshire Hathaway, up from 17.37% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Tax Rate was 33.38% in Q3 2022, with the low at 9.25% in Q1 2025.
• Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 18.25%, with a median of 18.9% recorded in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Tax Rate soared 1864 bps in 2022, then sank 1448 bps in 2023.
• Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 9.71% in 2022, then surged by 95 bps to 18.9% in 2023, then gained by 1 bps to 19.16% in 2024, then dropped by 16 bps to 16.07% in 2025, then gained by 22 bps to 19.62% in 2026.
• The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 19.62% (Q2 2026), 17.37% (Q1 2026), and 16.07% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.