Salesforce (CRM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Salesforce (CRM) recorded Tax Rate of 22.54% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 0.97 percentage points from 21.57% a year earlier but down 0.03 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Salesforce (CRM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Salesforce's Tax Rate came in at 22.00% as of Jul 31, 2026, up 4.06 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was 21.67%, up 4.99 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Tax Rate has a five-year change of +80.67 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate came in at 16.68% in FY2025 (+0.24 pp), 16.44% in FY2024 (-52.04 pp), 68.48% in FY2023 (+62.74 pp) and 5.74% in FY2022 (+64.74 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has ranged from -56.52% in fiscal Q3 2022 to 396.97% in fiscal Q4 2023 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate has increased for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.22 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Tax Rate in the last five years was a gain of 311.18 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2023, against a drop of 384.87 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 22.57% (Q1 2027), 25.31% (Q4 2026) and 16.96% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 1.42% |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 15.11% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | - |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 22.54% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 31.96% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 22.20% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 32.78% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | - |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 22.54% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 22.57% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 25.31% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 16.96% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 21.57% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 21.65% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 14.45% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 12.54% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 22.21% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 17.58% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 12.10% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 17.69% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 15.08% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 38.96% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 396.97% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 55.79% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 62.43% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 35.23% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 22.35% |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 44.47% |
Salesforce Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CRM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "CRM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CRM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();