Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 23.99% in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 44.0% year-over-year to 23.99% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 36.07%, a 1188.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 36.16%, up 1189.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 23.99%, down from 26.77% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Tax Rate for CTSH reached as high as 69.11% in Q3 2025 and fell as low as 21.12% in Q2 2023.
• Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 26.89% across 5 years, with a median of 24.18% in 2022.
• Across the five-year window, Tax Rate tumbled 406 bps in 2024 and surged 4638 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 27.03% in 2022, then declined by 4 bps to 26.03% in 2023, then grew by 3 bps to 26.89% in 2024, then retreated by 0 bps to 26.77% in 2025, then dropped by 10 bps to 23.99% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Tax Rate figures were 23.99% in Q1 2026, 26.77% in Q4 2025, and 69.11% in Q3 2025.