Growth Metrics

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2025)

Historic Deferred Taxes for Southwest Airlines (LUV) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to -$85.0 million.

  • Southwest Airlines' Deferred Taxes fell 2142.86% to -$85.0 million in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was -$122.0 million, marking a year-over-year increase of 687.02%. This contributed to the annual value of -$122.0 million for FY2025, which is 757.58% up from last year.
  • Per Southwest Airlines' latest filing, its Deferred Taxes stood at -$85.0 million for Q4 2025, which was down 2142.86% from -$14.0 million recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Southwest Airlines' 5-year Deferred Taxes high stood at $97.0 million for Q1 2022, and its period low was -$272.0 million during Q2 2022.
  • Its 5-year average for Deferred Taxes is -$31.0 million, with a median of -$16.5 million in 2024.
  • The largest annual percentage gain for Southwest Airlines' Deferred Taxes in the last 5 years was 204000.0% (2022), contrasted with its biggest fall of 100666.67% (2022).
  • Over the past 5 years, Southwest Airlines' Deferred Taxes (Quarter) stood at $63.0 million in 2021, then crashed by 65.08% to $22.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 150.0% to $55.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 227.27% to -$70.0 million in 2024, then fell by 21.43% to -$85.0 million in 2025.
  • Its Deferred Taxes stands at -$85.0 million for Q4 2025, versus -$14.0 million for Q3 2025 and -$66.0 million for Q2 2025.