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Costco Wholesale (COST) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale (COST) has disclosed Tax Rate for 18 consecutive years, with 25.21% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 97.0% year-over-year to 25.21%, compared with a TTM value of 24.97% through Feb 2026, up 24.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 25.13%, up 77.0% over the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 25.21% for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, up from 22.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 27.1% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 22.03% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 24.99%, with a median of 25.36% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Tax Rate plummeted -399bps in 2024, then skyrocketed 409bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 22.94% in 2022, then rose by 7bps to 24.55% in 2023, then fell by -10bps to 22.03% in 2024, then grew by 2bps to 22.53% in 2025, then rose by 12bps to 25.21% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Tax Rate for COST at 25.21% in Q1 2026, 22.53% in Q4 2025, and 25.64% in Q3 2025.