Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com has disclosed Deferred Taxes across 11 years of filings, most recently posting $3.0 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Deferred Taxes rose 975.51% year-over-year to $3.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $14.8 million (up 107.66% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $11.4 million, down 3.73% from the prior year.
• Deferred Taxes eased to $3.0 million in Q1 2026, from $5.2 million in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Deferred Taxes for CARS reached as high as $5.2 million in Q4 2025 and fell as low as -$92.4 million in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is $607000.0 (2022), against an average of -$5.1 million.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Deferred Taxes sank 32851.42% — and 2024, when it surged 2041.23%.
• A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at $607000.0 in 2022, then tumbled by 2682.7% to -$15.7 million in 2023, then jumped by 96.33% to -$575000.0 in 2024, then surged by 1001.04% to $5.2 million in 2025, then plunged by 42.04% to $3.0 million in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Deferred Taxes over the past three periods registered $3.0 million, $5.2 million, and $5.1 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.