Merck (MRK) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Merck (MRK) has reported Tax Rate for 18 consecutive years, with 95.75% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 10718.0% year-over-year to 95.75% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 46.72%, a 3240.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 13.31%, down 75.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate was 95.75% for Q2 2026 at Merck, down from 20.06% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 40.08% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 95.75% in Q2 2026.
• A 5-year average of 5.99% and a median of 12.69% in 2022 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
• Across the five-year window, Tax Rate soared 2599 bps in 2023 and plunged 10718 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 14.09% in 2022, then jumped by 184 bps to 40.08% in 2023, then sank by 75 bps to 10.22% in 2024, then surged by 31 bps to 13.39% in 2025, then sank by 815 bps to 95.75% in 2026.
• The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 95.75% (Q2 2026), 20.06% (Q1 2026), and 13.39% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.