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Mcdonalds (MCD) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Mcdonalds (MCD) has disclosed Tax Rate for 15 consecutive years, with 21.55% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Tax Rate rose 102.0% year-over-year to 21.55%, compared with a TTM value of 21.42% through Dec 2025, up 91.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 21.42%, up 92.0% over the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 21.55% for Q4 2025 at Mcdonalds, down from 22.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 28.34% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 6.6% in Q2 2021.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 20.01%, with a median of 20.61% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Tax Rate tumbled -1882bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 910bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 22.25% in 2021, then dropped by -16bps to 18.62% in 2022, then grew by 2bps to 18.93% in 2023, then increased by 8bps to 20.53% in 2024, then rose by 5bps to 21.55% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Tax Rate for MCD at 21.55% in Q4 2025, 22.75% in Q3 2025, and 21.25% in Q2 2025.