International Business Machines (IBM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
International Business Machines' Tax Rate came in at 12.63% for Q2 2026, down 2.93 percentage points from 15.56% a year earlier but up 0.23 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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International Business Machines (IBM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2023, International Business Machines' Tax Rate was 13.53%.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of -9.56 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2023).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 2.56% in FY2021 and 0.83% in FY2019 (-22.26 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Tax Rate is 8.49% (Q3 2023) to 28.23% (Q3 2025).
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in 1 of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.64 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q2 2023 (a gain of 6.03 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2024 (a drop of 3.42 percentage points).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,890.86 Bn | 3,826.35 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 20.29% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 233.55 Bn | 188.83 Bn | 9.71 Bn | 11.93% |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 109.18 Bn | 91.62 Bn | 557.23 Mn | - |
| 4 | Equinix | 104.31 Bn | 92.20 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 8.94% |
| 5 | CoreWeave | 29.43 Bn | 14.28 Bn | 2.48 Bn | - |
| 6 | Nebius | 29.32 Bn | 122.11 Mn | 761.10 Mn | - |
| 7 | Verisign | 28.11 Bn | 25.46 Bn | 393.20 Mn | 23.96% |
| 8 | Nutanix | 16.34 Bn | 8.02 Bn | 651.35 Mn | - |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 13.97 Bn | 9.35 Bn | 843.00 Mn | 21.29% |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.30 Bn | 3.31 Bn | 617.27 Mn | 15.41% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 11.93% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 12.63% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.40% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 28.23% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 15.56% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.89% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.46% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 17.53% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.61% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.49% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 20.95% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.72% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 13.41% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.92% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.15% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 11.07% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 7.01% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 13.30% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 9.72% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 15.35% |
API Access
International Business Machines 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=IBM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "IBM", "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=IBM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();