Alphabet (GOOGL) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026)

Alphabet (GOOGL) posted quarterly Tax Rate of 19.16% for Q1 2026, up 182.0% YoY from 6.8% in Q1 2025, and up 60.78% sequentially from 11.92% in Q4 2025.

Alphabet (GOOGL) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Alphabet has disclosed Tax Rate across 13 years of filings, most recently posting 19.16% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 182.0% year-over-year to 19.16%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 17.61% (up 88.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 16.78%, up 34.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate grew to 19.16% in Q1 2026, from 11.92% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for GOOGL reached as high as 20.55% in Q4 2022 and fell as low as 7.11% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 16.43% (2024), against an average of 15.94%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Tax Rate slumped 720 bps — and 2024, when it soared 993 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 20.55% in 2022, then dropped by 26 bps to 15.26% in 2023, then grew by 16 bps to 17.7% in 2024, then plunged by 33 bps to 11.92% in 2025, then jumped by 61 bps to 19.16% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 19.16%, 11.92%, and 20.48% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,330.11 Bn 4,114.49 Bn 102.29 Bn 19.16%
2 Meta Platforms 1,553.11 Bn 1,471.93 Bn 46.09 Bn -23.08%
3 Baidu 320.91 Bn 305.99 Bn 1.88 Mn 13.72%
4 BILI Social International 84.82 Bn 84.82 Bn 405,933.00 50.45%
5 Joyy 70.39 Bn 70.39 Bn 205.64 Mn -3.36%
6 Nebius 59.20 Bn 49.90 Bn 295.20 Mn -241,666,666.67%
7 Reddit 37.81 Bn 35.04 Bn 511.94 Mn 0.85%
8 Scienjoy Holding 37.35 Bn -14.16 Bn 7.27 Mn -27.96%
9 Tencent Music Entertainment 26.62 Bn 24.37 Bn 514.00 Mn -17.55%
10 Alphabet - - 102.29 Bn 19.16%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.16
Mar 31, 2026 19.16
Dec 31, 2025 11.92
Dec 31, 2025 11.92
Sep 30, 2025 20.48
Sep 30, 2025 20.48
Jun 30, 2025 16.91
Jun 30, 2025 16.91
Mar 31, 2025 17.35
Mar 31, 2025 17.35
Dec 31, 2024 17.70
Dec 31, 2024 17.70
Sep 30, 2024 17.05
Sep 30, 2024 17.05
Jun 30, 2024 14.27
Jun 30, 2024 14.27
Mar 31, 2024 16.43
Mar 31, 2024 16.43
Dec 31, 2023 15.26
Dec 31, 2023 15.26