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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2025)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed Deferred Taxes for 17 consecutive years, with -$88.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Deferred Taxes rose 42.48% to -$88.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $327.0 million, a 192.11% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $327.0 million, up 192.11% from a year prior.
  • Deferred Taxes was -$88.0 million for Q4 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, down from $406.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $406.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of -$174.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of -$30.6 million and a median of -$53.0 million in 2022 define the central range for Deferred Taxes.
  • Peak YoY movement for Deferred Taxes: surged 742.11% in 2021, then crashed 4700.0% in 2022.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' Deferred Taxes stood at -$119.0 million in 2021, then decreased by 21.85% to -$145.0 million in 2022, then soared by 64.14% to -$52.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 194.23% to -$153.0 million in 2024, then surged by 42.48% to -$88.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's Deferred Taxes are -$88.0 million (Q4 2025), $406.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$45.0 million (Q2 2025).