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Mastercard (MA) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard (MA) has disclosed Tax Rate for 17 consecutive years, with 16.74% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Tax Rate rose 263.0% year-over-year to 16.74%, compared with a TTM value of 19.43% through Dec 2025, up 383.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 19.43%, up 383.0% over the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 16.74% for Q4 2025 at Mastercard, down from 21.44% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 23.19% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 5.12% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 16.76%, with a median of 16.68% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Tax Rate plummeted -1141bps in 2022, then soared 1212bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 15.73% in 2021, then grew by 16bps to 18.26% in 2022, then fell by -13bps to 15.96% in 2023, then dropped by -12bps to 14.11% in 2024, then increased by 19bps to 16.74% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Tax Rate for MA at 16.74% in Q4 2025, 21.44% in Q3 2025, and 20.78% in Q2 2025.