Growth Metrics

Alphabet (GOOGL) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Alphabet has reported Tax Rate over the past 13 years, most recently at 19.16% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 182.0% to 19.16% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 17.61% through Mar 2026, up 88.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 16.78% for FY2025, 34.0% up from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 19.16% for Q1 2026 at Alphabet, up from 11.92% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 20.55% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 7.11% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 16.43% (2024), against an average of 15.94%.
  • Year-over-year, Tax Rate tumbled -720bps in 2023 and then soared 993bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 20.55% in 2022, then dropped by -26bps to 15.26% in 2023, then grew by 16bps to 17.7% in 2024, then tumbled by -33bps to 11.92% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 61bps to 19.16% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GOOGL's Tax Rate are 19.16% (Q1 2026), 11.92% (Q4 2025), and 20.48% (Q3 2025).