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

Meta Platforms (META) posted quarterly Tax Rate of 23.08% for Q1 2026, down 3254.0% YoY from 0.73% in Q1 2025, and down 326.31% sequentially from 10.2% in Q4 2025.

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

Meta Platforms has disclosed Tax Rate across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 23.08% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 3254.0% year-over-year to 23.08%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 20.96% (up 997.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 29.64%, up 1789.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate slipped to 23.08% in Q1 2026, from 10.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for META reached as high as 87.49% in Q3 2025 and fell as low as 23.08% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 16.19% (2023), against an average of 17.29%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Tax Rate jumped 7552 bps — and 2026, when it tumbled 3254 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 24.33% in 2022, then sank by 32 bps to 16.6% in 2023, then slumped by 31 bps to 11.52% in 2024, then decreased by 11 bps to 10.2% in 2025, then tumbled by 326 bps to 23.08% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 23.08%, 10.2%, and 87.49% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,330.11 Bn 4,114.49 Bn 102.29 Bn 19.16%
2 Meta Platforms 1,553.11 Bn 1,471.93 Bn 46.09 Bn -23.08%
3 Baidu 320.91 Bn 305.99 Bn 1.88 Mn 13.72%
4 BILI Social International 84.82 Bn 84.82 Bn 405,933.00 50.45%
5 Joyy 70.39 Bn 70.39 Bn 205.64 Mn -3.36%
6 Nebius 59.20 Bn 49.90 Bn 295.20 Mn -241,666,666.67%
7 Reddit 37.81 Bn 35.04 Bn 511.94 Mn 0.85%
8 Scienjoy Holding 37.35 Bn -14.16 Bn 7.27 Mn -27.96%
9 Tencent Music Entertainment 26.62 Bn 24.37 Bn 514.00 Mn -17.55%
10 Pinterest 13.92 Bn 12.62 Bn 768.96 Mn -15.89%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -23.08
Mar 31, 2026 -23.08
Dec 31, 2025 10.20
Dec 31, 2025 10.20
Sep 30, 2025 87.49
Sep 30, 2025 87.49
Jun 30, 2025 10.70
Jun 30, 2025 10.70
Mar 31, 2025 9.45
Mar 31, 2025 9.45
Dec 31, 2024 11.52
Dec 31, 2024 11.52
Sep 30, 2024 11.97
Sep 30, 2024 11.97
Jun 30, 2024 10.86
Jun 30, 2024 10.86
Mar 31, 2024 12.79
Mar 31, 2024 12.79
Dec 31, 2023 16.60
Dec 31, 2023 16.60