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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Cognizant Technology Solutions has reported Tax Rate over the past 18 years, most recently at 23.99% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 44.0% to 23.99% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 36.07% through Mar 2026, up 1188.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 36.16% for FY2025, 1189.0% up from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 23.99% for Q1 2026 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, down from 26.77% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 69.11% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 21.12% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 24.18% (2022), against an average of 26.89%.
  • Year-over-year, Tax Rate plummeted -406bps in 2024 and then skyrocketed 4638bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 27.03% in 2022, then decreased by -4bps to 26.03% in 2023, then grew by 3bps to 26.89% in 2024, then dropped by 0bps to 26.77% in 2025, then dropped by -10bps to 23.99% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's Tax Rate are 23.99% (Q1 2026), 26.77% (Q4 2025), and 69.11% (Q3 2025).