Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Income Taxes Paid (2009 - 2026)
Lumen Technologies' Income Taxes Paid came in at $187 million for Q3 2026, compared with $5 million a year earlier.
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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Income Taxes Paid (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Lumen Technologies reported Income Taxes Paid of $57 million, down 70.8% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $18 million.
- Going back by year, Income Taxes Paid was -$242 million in FY2024, $1.3 billion in FY2023, $76 million in FY2022 (-32.1%) and $112 million in FY2021.
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Income Taxes Paid since Q2 2023.
- Year-over-year, Income Taxes Paid increased in 1 of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 22.3%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Income Taxes Paid over five years came in Q1 2023 (growth of 860.0%), and the weakest in Q3 2025 (a decline of 96.8%).
- Business Quant data shows LUMN's Income Taxes Paid at -$139 million (Q2 2026), $3 million (Q1 2026) and $6 million (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes Paid (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 190.79 Bn | 157.13 Bn | 27.05 Bn | - |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 173.48 Bn | 155.91 Bn | 15.13 Bn | - |
| 3 | At&T | 147.74 Bn | 89.20 Bn | 26.22 Bn | - |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 147.02 Bn | 147.02 Bn | 960.50 Mn | - |
| 5 | Comcast | 86.74 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 38.68 Bn | 30.69 Bn | 728.80 Mn | - |
| 7 | Vodafone Group Public | 37.42 Bn | 6.82 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | EchoStar | 27.50 Bn | 8.54 Bn | 647.20 Mn | - |
| 9 | Bce | 20.09 Bn | 18.08 Bn | 2.79 Bn | 138.58 Mn |
| 10 | Lumen Technologies | 4.00 Bn | -1.48 Bn | 1.28 Bn | 187.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 187.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -139.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 183.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 157.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 142.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -724.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.17 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 96.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 48.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 29.00 Mn |
API Access
Lumen Technologies Income Taxes Paid API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "income-taxes-paid", "ticker": "LUMN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();