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Caterpillar (CAT) Tax Provisions (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Tax Provisions over the past 17 years, most recently at $712.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Tax Provisions at $712.0 million for Q4 2025, up 53.78% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $2.8 billion (up 5.29% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $2.8 billion, up 5.29%.
  • Tax Provisions for Q4 2025 was $712.0 million at Caterpillar, down from $836.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Provisions for CAT hit a ceiling of $836.0 million in Q2 2024 and a floor of $368.0 million in Q3 2021.
  • Median Tax Provisions over the past 5 years was $614.5 million (2023), compared with a mean of $599.4 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Provisions: surged 156.89% in 2021 and later decreased 22.73% in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's Tax Provisions stood at $429.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 50.12% to $644.0 million in 2022, then fell by 8.85% to $587.0 million in 2023, then fell by 21.12% to $463.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 53.78% to $712.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Tax Provisions were $712.0 million (Q4 2025), $836.0 million (Q3 2025), and $646.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.