Alphabet (GOOGN) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026)
Alphabet (GOOGN) posted Tax Rate of 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.
Alphabet (GOOGN) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Tax Rate at Alphabet was 18.40%, up 1.15 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 16.78%, up 0.34 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +0.53 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Alphabet's 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).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of 7.11% in Q3 2023 to a high of 20.55% in Q4 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.20 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was Q3 2024, with a gain of 9.93 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2023, with a drop of 7.20 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate for the three prior quarters was 19.16% (Q1 2026), 11.92% (Q4 2025) and 20.48% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 18.20% |
| 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% |
Alphabet Tax Rate API
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const data = await res.json();