Growth Metrics

Alphabet (GOOGL) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Alphabet (GOOGL) has disclosed Tax Rate for 12 consecutive years, with 11.92% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 578.0% to 11.92% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 16.78% through Dec 2025, up 34.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 16.78% for FY2025, 34.0% up from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q4 2025 was 11.92% at Alphabet, down from 20.48% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 20.55% in Q4 2022, with the low at 7.11% in Q3 2023.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 15.83%, with a median of 15.99% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Tax Rate crashed -720bps in 2023, then skyrocketed 993bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 15.41% in 2021, then soared by 33bps to 20.55% in 2022, then fell by -26bps to 15.26% in 2023, then rose by 16bps to 17.7% in 2024, then plummeted by -33bps to 11.92% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods came in at 11.92%, 20.48%, and 16.91% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.