Cars.com (CARS) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com (CARS) has reported Tax Rate for 11 consecutive years, with 42.89% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 10615.0% year-over-year to 42.89%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.02% (down 1109.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 8.17%, down 1393.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate advanced to 42.89% in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from 26.76% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 42.89% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 8855.85% in Q2 2023.
• Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 560.77% across 5 years, with a median of 4.39% in 2024.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Tax Rate slumped 886761 bps — and 2024, when it jumped 888645 bps.
• Cars.com's Tax Rate stood at 10.83% in 2022, then sank by 4641 bps to 513.43% in 2023, then surged by 103 bps to 13.94% in 2024, then slumped by 292 bps to 26.76% in 2025, then surged by 260 bps to 42.89% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's Tax Rate at 42.89% in Q1 2026, 26.76% in Q4 2025, and 28.44% in Q3 2025.