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Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has disclosed Tax Rate for 17 consecutive years, with 26.77% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 13.0% to 26.77% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 36.16%, a 1189.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 36.16%, up 1189.0% from a year prior.
  • Tax Rate was 26.77% for Q4 2025 at Cognizant Technology Solutions, down from 69.11% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 69.11% in Q3 2025 to a low of 21.12% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 26.57% and a median of 24.3% in 2022 define the central range for Tax Rate.
  • Peak YoY movement for Tax Rate: plummeted -1057bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 4638bps in 2025.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions' Tax Rate stood at 21.98% in 2021, then rose by 23bps to 27.03% in 2022, then fell by -4bps to 26.03% in 2023, then increased by 3bps to 26.89% in 2024, then decreased by 0bps to 26.77% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTSH's Tax Rate are 26.77% (Q4 2025), 69.11% (Q3 2025), and 23.4% (Q2 2025).