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Caterpillar (CAT) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Long-Term Deferred Tax data on record, last reported at $2.9 billion in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Long-Term Deferred Tax fell 12.98% year-over-year to $2.9 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $2.9 billion, down 12.98%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $2.9 billion, 12.98% down from the prior year.
  • Long-Term Deferred Tax reached $2.9 billion in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from $3.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Long-Term Deferred Tax topped out at $3.4 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $1.4 billion in Q1 2021.
  • Average Long-Term Deferred Tax over 5 years is $2.5 billion, with a median of $2.6 billion recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Long-Term Deferred Tax: skyrocketed 45.77% in 2022, then decreased 12.98% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Long-Term Deferred Tax shows it stood at $1.8 billion in 2021, then increased by 20.27% to $2.2 billion in 2022, then grew by 27.25% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then grew by 17.61% to $3.3 billion in 2024, then fell by 12.98% to $2.9 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Long-Term Deferred Tax were $2.9 billion in Q4 2025, $3.0 billion in Q3 2025, and $3.4 billion in Q2 2025.