Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Lumen Technologies' Tax Rate was 21.18% in Q2 2026, up 0.81 percentage points from 20.37% a year earlier but down 191.82 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Lumen Technologies' Tax Rate was 26.86% through Jun 30, 2026, down 3.17 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 35.97%, down 40.11 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +93.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was 76.09% in FY2024 (+76.68 pp), -0.60% in FY2023 (+55.61 pp), -56.21% in FY2022 (-80.94 pp) and 24.73% in FY2021 (+82.28 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between -19.51% (Q2 2024) and 212.99% (Q1 2026) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +39.71 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q1 2026 (a gain of 195.04 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2025 (a drop of 71.82 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, LUMN's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 212.99% (Q1 2026), 99.61% (Q4 2025) and 23.62% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 190.70 Bn | 155.11 Bn | 27.03 Bn | 25.12% |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 175.28 Bn | 160.03 Bn | 14.76 Bn | 25.16% |
| 3 | At&T | 167.47 Bn | 115.42 Bn | 25.82 Bn | 13.47% |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 141.87 Bn | 130.50 Bn | 318.12 Mn | - |
| 5 | Comcast | 76.96 Bn | 41.21 Bn | - | 25.89% |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 35.31 Bn | 31.16 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 19.26% |
| 7 | EchoStar | 25.94 Bn | 17.08 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 13.56% |
| 8 | AST SpaceMobile | 22.90 Bn | 23.41 Bn | 7.95 Mn | - |
| 9 | Bce | 18.99 Bn | 17.31 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Lumen Technologies | 5.77 Bn | -1.14 Bn | 1.39 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 212.99% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 44.12% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 24.85% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 38.31% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 24.06% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 25.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 25.18% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 24.02% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 24.93% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 24.84% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 23.75% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 26.51% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 27.48% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 36.10% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 26.34% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 26.10% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 17.33% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 51.27% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 33.81% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 57.50% |
API Access
Lumen Technologies Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();