Mcdonalds (MCD) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Mcdonalds' Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 21.99% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Tax Rate rose 221.0% year-over-year to 21.99% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 21.89% (up 141.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 21.42%, up 92.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate was 21.99% for Q1 2026 at Mcdonalds, up from 21.55% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 28.34% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 15.69% in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of 20.7% and a median of 20.68% in 2024 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Tax Rate soared 910 bps — and 2023, when it sank 783 bps.
• Mcdonalds' Tax Rate stood at 18.62% in 2022, then climbed by 2 bps to 18.93% in 2023, then grew by 8 bps to 20.53% in 2024, then rose by 5 bps to 21.55% in 2025, then grew by 2 bps to 21.99% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MCD's Tax Rate at 21.99% in Q1 2026, 21.55% in Q4 2025, and 22.75% in Q3 2025.