Alphabet (GOOGL) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026)
Alphabet's Tax Rate came in at 19.14% for Q2 2026, up 2.24 percentage points from 16.91% a year earlier but down 0.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alphabet (GOOGL) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Alphabet reported Tax Rate of 18.40%, up 1.15 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 16.78%, up 0.34 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of +0.53 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 16.44% in FY2024 (+2.53 pp), 13.91% in FY2023 (-2.01 pp), 15.92% in FY2022 (-0.28 pp) and 16.20% in FY2021 (-0.05 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Tax Rate is 7.11% (Q3 2023) to 20.55% (Q4 2022).
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.20 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q3 2024 (a gain of 9.93 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2023 (a drop of 7.20 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows GOOGL's Tax Rate at 19.16% (Q1 2026), 11.92% (Q4 2025) and 20.48% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,173.87 Bn | 3,931.39 Bn | 73.85 Bn | 19.14% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,849.67 Bn | 1,552.19 Bn | 49.47 Bn | 15.50% |
| 3 | Netflix | 279.23 Bn | 239.43 Bn | 6.52 Bn | 16.40% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 245.86 Bn | 63.73 Bn | 15.11 Bn | - |
| 5 | Shopify | 196.08 Bn | 173.27 Bn | 1.71 Bn | 15.38% |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 138.90 Bn | 110.88 Bn | 6.38 Bn | 25.63% |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 119.48 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | 23.83% |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 107.30 Bn | -144.64 Bn | 9.45 Bn | - |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 97.33 Bn | 54.56 Bn | 1.86 Bn | 24.31% |
| 10 | Airbnb | 95.83 Bn | 49.06 Bn | 2.98 Bn | 9.03% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 19.14% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 19.16% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.92% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.48% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.91% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 17.35% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.70% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.05% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.27% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 16.43% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.26% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.11% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.14% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 17.32% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 20.55% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 14.31% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.84% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 13.19% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.41% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 17.90% |
API Access
Alphabet Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=GOOGL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "GOOGL", "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=GOOGL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();