Meta Platforms (META) Deferred Taxes (2011 - 2026)

Meta Platforms (META) reported Deferred Taxes of $123.0 million for Q1 2026, up 112.39% year-over-year from $57.9 million in Q1 2025, and down 88.1% quarter-over-quarter from $1.0 billion in Q4 2025.

Meta Platforms (META) Deferred Taxes (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Meta Platforms (META) has 16 years of Deferred Taxes data on file, last reported at $123.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 came in at $123.0 million, up 112.39% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $19.9 billion (up 476.38% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $18.7 billion, up 495.48% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes declined to $123.0 million in Q1 2026 per META's latest filing, from $1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Deferred Taxes peaked at $19.9 billion in Q3 2025 and troughed at -$1.6 billion in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $645.2 million and a median of -$993.0 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Deferred Taxes.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Deferred Taxes sank 297.82% in 2022, then surged 1618.88% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at -$1.2 billion in 2022, then climbed by 1.02% to -$1.2 billion in 2023, then retreated by 14.73% to -$1.3 billion in 2024, then surged by 177.63% to $1.0 billion in 2025, then plunged by 88.1% to $123.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows META's Deferred Taxes at $123.0 million in Q1 2026, $1.0 billion in Q4 2025, and $19.9 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Nebius 1,913,603.98 Bn 1,913,603.98 Bn 295.20 Mn -7.80 Mn
2 Alphabet 4,425.33 Bn 4,209.71 Bn 102.29 Bn 6.92 Bn
3 Meta Platforms 1,502.66 Bn 1,421.48 Bn 46.09 Bn 123.00 Mn
4 Spotify Technology 119.69 Bn 109.44 Bn 1.75 Bn -
5 Reddit 33.22 Bn 30.45 Bn 511.94 Mn -
6 Pinterest 13.64 Bn 12.34 Bn 768.96 Mn 5.33 Mn
7 Kanzhun 13.02 Bn 10.92 Bn 255.62 Bn -
8 Snap 9.72 Bn 6.90 Bn 1.29 Bn -
9 Zillow 8.26 Bn 7.48 Bn 519.00 Mn -
10 Match 8.04 Bn 7.01 Bn 653.28 Mn 11.64 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 123.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.03 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 19.87 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -993.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -1.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -456.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 3.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.14 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -620.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -1.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -1.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -453.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -563.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 748.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -786.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 229.00 Mn