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

Meta Platforms (META) reported Tax Provisions of -$5.0 billion for Q1 2026, down 388.9% year-over-year from $1.7 billion in Q1 2025, and down 294.16% quarter-over-quarter from $2.6 billion in Q4 2025.

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

Meta Platforms (META) has 16 years of Tax Provisions data on file, last reported at -$5.0 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Tax Provisions for Q1 2026 came in at -$5.0 billion, down 388.9% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $18.7 billion (up 127.49% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $25.5 billion, up 206.8% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions declined to -$5.0 billion in Q1 2026 per META's latest filing, from $2.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Provisions peaked at $19.0 billion in Q3 2025 and troughed at -$5.0 billion in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $2.5 billion and a median of $1.7 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Tax Provisions.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2025 and 2026: Tax Provisions soared 788.19% in 2025, then slumped 388.9% in 2026.
  • 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 tumbled by 294.16% to -$5.0 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows META's Tax Provisions at -$5.0 billion in Q1 2026, $2.6 billion in Q4 2025, and $19.0 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Nebius 1,913,603.98 Bn 1,913,603.98 Bn 295.20 Mn -5.80 Mn
2 Alphabet 4,425.33 Bn 4,209.71 Bn 102.29 Bn 14.83 Bn
3 Meta Platforms 1,502.66 Bn 1,421.48 Bn 46.09 Bn -5.02 Bn
4 Spotify Technology 119.69 Bn 109.44 Bn 1.75 Bn -
5 Reddit 33.22 Bn 30.45 Bn 511.94 Mn 1.75 Mn
6 Pinterest 13.64 Bn 12.34 Bn 768.96 Mn 10.09 Mn
7 Kanzhun 13.02 Bn 10.92 Bn 255.62 Bn -43.34 Bn
8 Snap 9.72 Bn 6.90 Bn 1.29 Bn 3.20 Mn
9 Zillow 8.26 Bn 7.48 Bn 519.00 Mn 2.00 Mn
10 Match 8.04 Bn 7.01 Bn 653.28 Mn 33.70 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