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

Microsoft (MSFT) posted Change in Taxes of -$307.0 million for Q2 2026, down 113.37% sequentially from $2.3 billion in Q1 2026, and down 129.43% YoY from $1.0 billion in Q2 2025.

Analysis

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

Microsoft has reported Change in Taxes for 11 years, with the latest figure at -$307.0 million in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Taxes fell 129.43% year-over-year to -$307.0 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was -$1.9 billion (down 4834.21% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at -$1.9 billion, down 4834.21% from the prior year.
  • Change in Taxes retreated to -$307.0 million in Q2 2026 per MSFT's latest filing, from $2.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Change in Taxes peaked at $2.6 billion in Q1 2024 and troughed at -$3.4 billion in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$26.9 million and a median of $545.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Change in Taxes.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Change in Taxes plunged 2996.88% in 2022, then jumped 247.56% in 2023.
  • 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 sank by 118.47% to -$3.4 billion in 2024, then surged by 72.9% to -$920.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 66.63% to -$307.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Change in Taxes over the past three periods registered -$307.0 million, $2.3 billion, and -$920.0 million for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Taxes (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,718.29 Bn 3,585.54 Bn 60.48 Bn -307.00 Mn
2 Oracle 452.14 Bn 420.24 Bn - 1.40 Bn
3 Palantir Technologies 418.25 Bn 408.84 Bn 1.64 Bn -
4 Palo Alto Networks 265.90 Bn 262.79 Bn 2.03 Bn -
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 217.15 Bn 212.14 Bn 1.10 Bn -
6 Fortinet 114.54 Bn 110.47 Bn 1.64 Bn -
7 Cloudflare 98.54 Bn 94.37 Bn 499.52 Mn -
8 Synopsys 75.44 Bn 71.83 Bn 1.80 Bn -
9 Block 49.56 Bn 43.13 Bn 3.17 Bn -
10 CoreWeave 49.23 Bn 43.69 Bn 1.70 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -307.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 2.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -920.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.94 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -3.40 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -806.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.62 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.55 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 681.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 1.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -2.86 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 410.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -991.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 1.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -2.06 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 2.65 Bn