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Alphabet (GOOGL) Current Taxes (2014 - 2022)

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Alphabet's Current Taxes was $1.03 billion in Q3 2022, down 75.4% from $4.17 billion a year earlier and down 47.6% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Alphabet (GOOGL) Current Taxes (2014 - 2022) Analysis & Trends

At the end of FY2021, Current Taxes at Alphabet came in at $808 million, down 45.6% from FY2020.

  • Current Taxes shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.8% (FY2016 to FY2021).
  • In earlier years, Current Taxes was $1.49 billion in FY2020 (+442.0%), $274 million in FY2019 (+297.1%), $69 million in FY2018 (-92.2%) and $881 million in FY2017 (+59.0%).
  • Quarterly Current Taxes has moved between $69 million (Q4 2018) and $4.34 billion (Q1 2022) over five years.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Current Taxes was higher in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 116.4%.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Current Taxes over five years was Q2 2018 (growth of 794.0%); the worst was Q4 2018 (a decline of 92.2%).
  • Per Business Quant data, GOOGL's Current Taxes in the three quarters before Q3 2022 was $1.96 billion (Q2 2022), $4.34 billion (Q1 2022) and $808 million (Q4 2021).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Current Taxes (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,173.87 Bn 3,931.39 Bn 73.85 Bn -
2 Meta Platforms 1,849.67 Bn 1,552.19 Bn 49.47 Bn -
3 Netflix 279.23 Bn 239.43 Bn 6.52 Bn -
4 Alibaba Group Holding 245.86 Bn 63.73 Bn 15.11 Bn 1.36 Bn
5 Shopify 196.08 Bn 173.27 Bn 1.71 Bn -
6 Uber Technologies 138.90 Bn 110.88 Bn 6.38 Bn -
7 Booking Holdings 119.48 Bn 52.53 Bn - -
8 PDD Holdings 107.30 Bn -144.64 Bn 9.45 Bn -
9 Spotify Technology 97.33 Bn 54.56 Bn 1.86 Bn 198.76 Mn
10 Airbnb 95.83 Bn 49.06 Bn 2.98 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2022 1.03 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.96 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 4.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 808.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 4.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.81 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.89 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.49 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 975.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 913.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 274.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 131.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 536.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 761.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 69.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 1.19 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 1.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 881.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 221.00 Mn
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