Alphabet (GOOG) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2014 - 2026)
Alphabet (GOOG) posted Long-Term Deferred Tax of $1.46 billion for Q3 2026, down 85.9% from $10.33 billion a year earlier but up 0.7% from the prior quarter.
Alphabet (GOOG) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Alphabet's Long-Term Deferred Tax came in at $9.11 billion, down 47.0% from FY2024.
- Annual Long-Term Deferred Tax shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 53.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Alphabet's Long-Term Deferred Tax was $17.18 billion in FY2024 (+41.2%), $12.17 billion in FY2023 (+131.3%), $5.26 billion in FY2022 (+309.7%) and $1.28 billion in FY2021 (+18.5%).
- Quarterly Long-Term Deferred Tax has run from a low of $1.28 billion in Q4 2021 to a high of $19.29 billion in Q2 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Long-Term Deferred Tax has declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 27.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Long-Term Deferred Tax in the past five years was Q2 2023, with growth of 528.0%; the weakest was Q2 2026, with a decline of 92.5%.
- According to Business Quant data, Long-Term Deferred Tax for the three prior quarters was $1.45 billion (Q2 2026), $2 billion (Q1 2026) and $9.11 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.46 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.45 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.00 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.11 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.33 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.29 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 18.39 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.18 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 15.92 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.96 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.69 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.17 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.98 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.36 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.89 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.26 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.99 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.49 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.39 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.28 Bn |
Alphabet Long-Term Deferred Tax API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=GOOG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "long-term-deferred-tax", "ticker": "GOOG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=GOOG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();