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Moodys (MCO) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Moodys has reported Tax Rate over the past 18 years, most recently at 24.02% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 176.0% to 24.02% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 21.84% through Mar 2026, down 157.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 21.34% for FY2025, 237.0% down from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 24.02% for Q1 2026 at Moodys, up 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.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 23.37% (2023), against an average of 21.25%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Rate: tumbled -1724bps in 2023 and later skyrocketed 2228bps in 2024.
  • Tracing MCO's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 24.77% in 2022, then fell by -1bps to 24.44% in 2023, then rose by 1bps to 24.76% in 2024, then plummeted by -55bps to 11.06% in 2025, then soared by 117bps to 24.02% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods came in at 24.02%, 11.06%, and 25.37% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.