Growth Metrics

Merck (MRK) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Historic Tax Rate for Merck (MRK) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 14.2%.

  • Merck's Tax Rate fell 85100.0% to 14.2% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 12.71%, marking a year-over-year increase of 13600.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 14.06% for FY2024, which is 659800.0% down from last year.
  • Per Merck's latest filing, its Tax Rate stood at 14.2% for Q3 2025, which was down 85100.0% from 11.42% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Merck's Tax Rate's 5-year high stood at 40.08% during Q4 2023, with a 5-year trough of 11.94% in Q2 2023.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Tax Rate was 13.2% (2021), whereas its average is 13.84%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Merck's Tax Rate soared by 259900bps in 2023 and then crashed by -298600bps in 2024.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Merck's Tax Rate stood at 2.17% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 548bps to 14.09% in 2022, then soared by 184bps to 40.08% in 2023, then plummeted by -75bps to 10.22% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 39bps to 14.2% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 14.2% in Q3 2025, 11.42% for Q2 2025, and 13.86% during Q1 2025.