First Merchants Corp (FRME) Tax Rate (2011 - 2026)
First Merchants' Tax Rate was 7.90% in Q2 2026, down 4.83 percentage points from 12.73% a year earlier but up 11.84 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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First Merchants Corp (FRME) Tax Rate (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, First Merchants' Tax Rate was 9.56% through Jun 30, 2026, down 4.07 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 12.78%, down 0.31 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +0.20 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was 13.09% in FY2024 (-0.59 pp), 13.67% in FY2023 (+0.54 pp), 13.14% in FY2022 (-1.51 pp) and 14.64% in FY2021 (+2.07 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between -3.95% (Q1 2026) and 16.02% (Q4 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate has declined for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.88 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q4 2024 (a gain of 6.58 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2026 (a drop of 16.41 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, FRME's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -3.95% (Q1 2026), 12.88% (Q4 2025) and 13.05% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.90% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.88% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 13.05% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 12.73% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 12.46% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.02% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.71% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.24% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.43% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.78% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 14.95% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 15.01% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.16% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 13.32% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.05% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 13.01% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 12.71% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.66% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 15.63% |
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First Merchants Corp Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=FRME&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "FRME", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=FRME&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();