Meta Platforms (META) Tax Provisions (2011 - 2026)

Meta Platforms (META) posted quarterly Tax Provisions of -$5.0 billion for Q1 2026, down 388.9% YoY from $1.7 billion in Q1 2025, and down 294.16% sequentially from $2.6 billion in Q4 2025.

Meta Platforms (META) Tax Provisions (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Meta Platforms has disclosed Tax Provisions across 16 years of filings, most recently posting -$5.0 billion for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Provisions fell 388.9% year-over-year to -$5.0 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $18.7 billion (up 127.49% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $25.5 billion, up 206.8% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions retreated to -$5.0 billion in Q1 2026, from $2.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Provisions for META reached as high as $19.0 billion in Q3 2025 and fell as low as -$5.0 billion in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Provisions is $1.7 billion (2025), against an average of $2.5 billion.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Tax Provisions soared 788.19% — and 2026, when it plunged 388.9%.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Provisions shows it stood at $1.5 billion in 2022, then soared by 86.5% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then slipped by 2.72% to $2.7 billion in 2024, then fell by 4.72% to $2.6 billion in 2025, then sank by 294.16% to -$5.0 billion in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Provisions over the past three periods registered -$5.0 billion, $2.6 billion, and $19.0 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,330.11 Bn 4,114.49 Bn 102.29 Bn 14.83 Bn
2 Meta Platforms 1,553.11 Bn 1,471.93 Bn 46.09 Bn -5.02 Bn
3 Baidu 320.91 Bn 305.99 Bn 1.88 Mn 76.00 Mn
4 BILI Social International 84.82 Bn 84.82 Bn 405,933.00 51,580.00
5 Joyy 70.39 Bn 70.39 Bn 205.64 Mn -1.37 Mn
6 Nebius 59.20 Bn 49.90 Bn 295.20 Mn -5.80 Mn
7 Reddit 37.81 Bn 35.04 Bn 511.94 Mn 1.75 Mn
8 Scienjoy Holding 37.35 Bn -14.16 Bn 7.27 Mn -425,000.00
9 Tencent Music Entertainment 26.62 Bn 24.37 Bn 514.00 Mn -66.00 Mn
10 Pinterest 13.92 Bn 12.62 Bn 768.96 Mn 10.09 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -5.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.59 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 18.95 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.20 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.71 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.81 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.79 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 2.44 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.51 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.60 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.18 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.50 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.42 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.37 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 2.12 Bn