Colgate Palmolive (CL) Income Taxes Paid (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive (CL) posted Income Taxes Paid of $189 million for Q3 2026, up 3.8% from $182 million a year earlier but down 33.2% from the prior quarter.
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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Income Taxes Paid (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Income Taxes Paid at Colgate Palmolive was $849 million, down 3.9% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $913 million, down 2.1% from FY2024.
- Annual Income Taxes Paid has declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Colgate Palmolive's Income Taxes Paid was $933 million in FY2024 (-0.4%), $937 million in FY2023 (-0.8%), $945 million in FY2022 (+6.2%) and $890 million in FY2021 (+5.3%).
- Quarterly Income Taxes Paid has run from a low of $139 million in Q1 2025 to a high of $391 million in Q2 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Income Taxes Paid increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 3.1%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Income Taxes Paid in the past five years was Q4 2022, with growth of 72.3%; the weakest was Q4 2021, with a decline of 38.1%.
- According to Business Quant data, Income Taxes Paid for the three prior quarters was $283 million (Q2 2026), $176 million (Q1 2026) and $201 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes Paid (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 390.61 Bn | 342.18 Bn | 11.60 Bn | - |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 78.02 Bn | 72.50 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 189.00 Mn |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 41.23 Bn | 28.33 Bn | 2.81 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kimberly Clark | 37.22 Bn | 33.16 Bn | 1.44 Bn | - |
| 5 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | - |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.32 Bn | 24.71 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 13.40 Mn |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.85 Bn | 11.11 Bn | 770.00 Mn | - |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 7.08 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 370.22 Mn | - |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.23 Bn | 4.92 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 30.00 Mn |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.71 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 692.00 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 189.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 283.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 176.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 201.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 182.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 391.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 139.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 171.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 257.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 355.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 150.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 211.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 276.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 279.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 171.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 255.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 213.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 322.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 155.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 148.00 Mn |
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Colgate Palmolive Income Taxes Paid API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "income-taxes-paid", "ticker": "CL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();