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

Microsoft's (MSFT) quarterly Change in Taxes came in at $2.3 billion in Q1 2026, up 76.89% year-on-year from $1.3 billion in Q1 2025, and up 349.57% quarter-over-quarter from -$920.0 million in Q4 2025.

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

Microsoft has disclosed Change in Taxes across 11 years of filings, most recently posting $2.3 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Change in Taxes for Q1 2026 came in at $2.3 billion, up 76.89% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$525.0 million (up 72.18% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$38.0 million, down 102.25% from the prior year.
  • Change in Taxes came in at $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.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Taxes is $681.0 million (2023), against an average of -$10.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Taxes plunged 2996.88% in 2022 and surged 247.56% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Microsoft's Change in Taxes stood at -$2.9 billion in 2022, then soared by 45.72% to -$1.6 billion in 2023, then sank by 118.47% to -$3.4 billion in 2024, then soared by 72.9% to -$920.0 million in 2025, then soared by 349.57% to $2.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Change in Taxes figures came in at $2.3 billion (Q1 2026), -$920.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$2.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Taxes (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 2.30 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn -
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 957.00 Mn
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn -
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn -
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn -
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn -
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 17.56 Mn
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -
10 CoreWeave 51.85 Bn 49.58 Bn 2.01 Bn -

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