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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.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 13.0% to 26.77% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 36.16% through Dec 2025, up 1189.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 36.16% for FY2025, 1189.0% up from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q4 2025 was 26.77% at Cognizant Technology Solutions, down from 69.11% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 69.11% in Q3 2025, with the low at 21.12% in Q2 2023.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 26.57%, with a median of 24.3% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Tax Rate tumbled -1057bps in 2021, then surged 4638bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 21.98% in 2021, then grew by 23bps to 27.03% in 2022, then dropped by -4bps to 26.03% in 2023, then rose by 3bps to 26.89% in 2024, then fell by 0bps to 26.77% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods came in at 26.77%, 69.11%, and 23.4% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.