Meta Platforms (META) Income Taxes Paid (2011 - 2026)
Meta Platforms (META) posted Income Taxes Paid of $927 million for Q3 2026, up 23.8% from $749 million a year earlier but down 36.4% from the prior quarter.
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Meta Platforms (META) Income Taxes Paid (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Income Taxes Paid at Meta Platforms was $4.21 billion, down 50.6% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $7.58 billion, down 28.2% from FY2024.
- Annual Income Taxes Paid shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Meta Platforms' Income Taxes Paid was $10.55 billion in FY2024 (+59.7%), $6.61 billion in FY2023 (+3.1%), $6.41 billion in FY2022 (-24.8%) and $8.53 billion in FY2021 (+101.6%).
- Quarterly Income Taxes Paid has run from a low of $405 million in Q1 2023 to a high of $5.93 billion in Q2 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Income Taxes Paid increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 27.7%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Income Taxes Paid in the past five years was Q2 2024, with growth of 438.0%; the weakest was Q1 2022, with a decline of 82.7%.
- According to Business Quant data, Income Taxes Paid for the three prior quarters was $1.46 billion (Q2 2026), $541 million (Q1 2026) and $1.29 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes Paid (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 3,462.85 Bn | 3,197.75 Bn | 76.16 Bn | - |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,559.43 Bn | 1,223.94 Bn | 51.23 Bn | 927.00 Mn |
| 3 | Netflix | 262.12 Bn | 223.42 Bn | 6.80 Bn | - |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 253.57 Bn | 67.20 Bn | 15.16 Bn | - |
| 5 | Shopify | 191.77 Bn | 170.57 Bn | 1.78 Bn | 70.00 Mn |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 139.89 Bn | 110.71 Bn | 6.42 Bn | 166.00 Mn |
| 7 | AppLovin | 130.31 Bn | 118.84 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 286.33 Mn |
| 8 | Spotify Technology | 123.80 Bn | 80.72 Bn | 1.89 Bn | -86.28 Mn |
| 9 | Booking Holdings | 120.61 Bn | 54.35 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | PDD Holdings | 116.11 Bn | -127.94 Bn | 9.48 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 927.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.46 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 541.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.29 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 749.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.10 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 448.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.23 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.77 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.93 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 630.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.59 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 509.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.10 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 405.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.76 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.01 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.14 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 502.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 606.00 Mn |
API Access
Meta Platforms Income Taxes Paid API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=META&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "income-taxes-paid", "ticker": "META", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=META&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();