Microsoft (MSFT) Change in Taxes (2016 - 2026)

Microsoft (MSFT) reported Change in Taxes of $2.3 billion for Q1 2026, up 76.89% year-over-year from $1.3 billion in Q1 2025, and up 349.57% sequentially from -$920.0 million in Q4 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) Change in Taxes (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Microsoft's Change in Taxes history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $2.3 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Taxes rose 76.89% year-over-year to $2.3 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$525.0 million (up 72.18% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$38.0 million, down 102.25% from the prior year.
  • Change in Taxes was $2.3 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, up from -$920.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Taxes ranged from a high of $2.6 billion in Q1 2024 to a low of -$3.4 billion in Q4 2024.
  • Median Change in Taxes over the past 5 years was $681.0 million (2023), compared with a mean of -$10.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Taxes tumbled 2996.88% in 2022 and jumped 247.56% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Change in Taxes stood at -$2.9 billion in 2022, then surged by 45.72% to -$1.6 billion in 2023, then plunged by 118.47% to -$3.4 billion in 2024, then surged by 72.9% to -$920.0 million in 2025, then surged by 349.57% to $2.3 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MSFT's Change in Taxes at $2.3 billion in Q1 2026, -$920.0 million in Q4 2025, and -$2.9 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Taxes (Qtr)
1 ZenaTech 82,806.72 Bn 82,806.72 Bn - -
2 Microsoft 11,085.79 Bn 11,007.52 Bn 56.06 Bn 2.30 Bn
3 Palantir Technologies 1,073.49 Bn 1,065.58 Bn 1.42 Bn -
4 Rezolve Ai 1,009.18 Bn 1,009.17 Bn - -
5 Palo Alto Networks 824.56 Bn 820.03 Bn 1.91 Bn -
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 701.26 Bn 698.20 Bn 993.68 Mn -
7 Oracle 514.97 Bn 476.40 Bn 17.12 Bn 1.40 Bn
8 Fortinet 456.74 Bn 453.45 Bn 1.49 Bn -
9 Cloudflare 331.63 Bn 330.68 Bn 455.60 Mn -
10 Synopsys 303.79 Bn 303.67 Bn 1.77 Bn 17.56 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 2.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 2.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -920.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -920.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.94 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -3.40 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -3.40 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.02 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -806.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -806.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.62 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.62 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.55 Bn