Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Tax Provisions (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com has disclosed Tax Provisions across 11 years of filings, most recently posting $3.7 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Tax Provisions rose 379.23% year-over-year to $3.7 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.8 million (down 60.04% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $2.8 million, down 79.5% from the prior year.
• Tax Provisions improved to $3.7 million in Q1 2026, from -$4.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Tax Provisions for CARS reached as high as $108.0 million in Q4 2023 and fell as low as -$93.1 million in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for Tax Provisions is $1.0 million (2023), against an average of $2.3 million.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Tax Provisions sank 12694.72% — and 2025, when it surged 2066.67%.
• A 5-year view of Tax Provisions shows it stood at $6.2 million in 2022, then surged by 1642.63% to $108.0 million in 2023, then sank by 97.41% to $2.8 million in 2024, then sank by 242.01% to -$4.0 million in 2025, then soared by 193.94% to $3.7 million in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Tax Provisions over the past three periods registered $3.7 million, -$4.0 million, and $3.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.