Growth Metrics

Salesforce (CRM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Salesforce posted quarterly Tax Rate of 25.31% for Q1 2026, up 1086.0% year-on-year from 2.13% in Q1 2025, and up 49.22% on a QoQ basis from 16.96% in Q4 2025.

Salesforce (CRM) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 25.31% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 1086.0% year-over-year to 25.31%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 21.46% (up 473.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 21.67%, up 499.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 25.31%, up from 16.96% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 396.97% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 12.1% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 21.57% (2025), against an average of 56.67%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Tax Rate surged 38168 bps; it then tumbled 38487 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 55.79% in 2022, then slumped by 68 bps to 17.69% in 2023, then dropped by 29 bps to 12.54% in 2024, then surged by 35 bps to 16.96% in 2025, then jumped by 49 bps to 25.31% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 25.31% (Q1 2026), 16.96% (Q4 2025), and 21.57% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 25.31
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 39.11
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 8.36
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 30.31
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 21.59
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 22.01
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 23.68
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 24.29
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 10.79

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 25.31
Jan 31, 2026 25.31
Oct 31, 2025 16.96
Oct 31, 2025 16.96
Jul 31, 2025 21.57
Jul 31, 2025 21.57
Apr 30, 2025 21.94
Apr 30, 2025 21.94
Jan 31, 2025 14.45
Jan 31, 2025 14.45
Oct 31, 2024 12.54
Oct 31, 2024 12.54
Jul 31, 2024 22.21
Jul 31, 2024 22.21
Apr 30, 2024 17.58
Apr 30, 2024 17.58
Jan 31, 2024 12.10
Jan 31, 2024 12.10
Oct 31, 2023 17.69
Oct 31, 2023 17.69
Jul 31, 2023 15.08
Jul 31, 2023 15.08
Apr 30, 2023 38.96
Apr 30, 2023 38.96
Jan 31, 2023 396.97
Jan 31, 2023 396.97
Oct 31, 2022 55.79
Oct 31, 2022 55.79
Jul 31, 2022 62.43
Jul 31, 2022 62.43
Apr 30, 2022 196.55
Apr 30, 2022 196.55
Jan 31, 2022 15.29
Jan 31, 2022 15.29
Oct 31, 2021 -56.52
Oct 31, 2021 -56.52
Jul 31, 2021 35.23
Jul 31, 2021 35.23
Apr 30, 2021 22.35
Apr 30, 2021 22.35
Jan 31, 2021 44.47
Jan 31, 2021 44.47
Oct 31, 2020 13.52
Oct 31, 2020 13.52
Jul 31, 2020 -212.87
Jul 31, 2020 -212.87
Apr 30, 2020 -110.64
Apr 30, 2020 -110.64
Jan 31, 2020 -6,100.00
Jan 31, 2020 -6,100.00
Oct 31, 2019 270.31
Oct 31, 2019 270.31
Jul 31, 2019 44.51
Jul 31, 2019 44.51
Apr 30, 2019 18.67
Apr 30, 2019 18.67
Jan 31, 2019 -51.46
Jan 31, 2019 -51.46
Oct 31, 2018 17.97
Oct 31, 2018 17.97
Jul 31, 2018 -29.44
Jul 31, 2018 -29.44
Apr 30, 2018 10.65
Apr 30, 2018 10.65
Jan 31, 2018 6.79
Jan 31, 2018 6.79
Oct 31, 2017 26.71
Oct 31, 2017 26.71
Jul 31, 2017 26.98
Jul 31, 2017 26.98
Apr 30, 2017 110.00
Apr 30, 2017 110.00
Jan 31, 2017 29.37
Jan 31, 2017 29.37
Oct 31, 2016 -196.43
Oct 31, 2016 -196.43
Jul 31, 2016 -845.61
Jul 31, 2016 -845.61
Apr 30, 2016 -4.32
Apr 30, 2016 -4.32
Jan 31, 2016 -515.71
Jan 31, 2016 -515.71
Oct 31, 2015 157.98
Oct 31, 2015 157.98
Jul 31, 2015 112.24
Jul 31, 2015 112.24
Apr 30, 2015 77.36
Apr 30, 2015 77.36
Jan 31, 2015 -22.93
Jan 31, 2015 -22.93
Oct 31, 2014 -78.15
Oct 31, 2014 -78.15
Jul 31, 2014 -15.33
Jul 31, 2014 -15.33
Apr 30, 2014 -14.32
Apr 30, 2014 -14.32
Jan 31, 2014 5.30
Jan 31, 2014 5.30
Oct 31, 2013 -0.32
Oct 31, 2013 -0.32
Jul 31, 2013 234.85
Jul 31, 2013 234.85
Apr 30, 2013 -25.54
Apr 30, 2013 -25.54
Jan 31, 2013 19.96
Jan 31, 2013 19.96
Oct 31, 2012 -250.51
Oct 31, 2012 -250.51
Jul 31, 2012 29.95
Jul 31, 2012 29.95
Apr 30, 2012 -100.13
Apr 30, 2012 -100.13
Jan 31, 2012 -17.49
Jan 31, 2012 -17.49
Oct 31, 2011 57.56
Oct 31, 2011 57.56
Jul 31, 2011 75.90
Jul 31, 2011 75.90
Apr 30, 2011 32.14
Apr 30, 2011 32.14
Jan 31, 2011 26.60
Jan 31, 2011 26.60
Oct 31, 2010 41.99
Oct 31, 2010 41.99
Jul 31, 2010 43.72
Jul 31, 2010 43.72
Apr 30, 2010 37.68
Apr 30, 2010 37.68
Jan 31, 2010 35.36
Jan 31, 2010 35.36
Oct 31, 2009 42.07
Oct 31, 2009 42.07
Jul 31, 2009 39.11
Jul 31, 2009 39.11
Apr 30, 2009 45.45
Apr 30, 2009 45.45
Jan 31, 2009 36.17
Jan 31, 2009 36.17