Moodys (MCO) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Moodys (MCO) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 24.02% in Q1 2026.

• Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 24.02%, up 176.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 21.84% (down 157.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 21.34%, down 237.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate advanced to 24.02% in Q1 2026 per MCO's latest filing, from 11.06% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 26.19% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.99% in Q1 2023.
• A 5-year average of 21.25% and a median of 23.37% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Tax Rate sank 1724 bps in 2023, then surged 2228 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 24.77% in 2022, then retreated by 1 bps to 24.44% in 2023, then gained by 1 bps to 24.76% in 2024, then tumbled by 55 bps to 11.06% in 2025, then jumped by 117 bps to 24.02% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MCO's Tax Rate at 24.02% in Q1 2026, 11.06% in Q4 2025, and 25.37% in Q3 2025.