Microsoft (MSFT) Current Taxes (2009 - 2026)
Microsoft (MSFT) posted Current Taxes of $2.53 billion for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 64.9% from $7.21 billion a year earlier and down 28.9% from the prior quarter.
Microsoft (MSFT) Current Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Since fiscal Q4 2009, Microsoft has reported Current Taxes for 69 quarters.
- Annual Current Taxes shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Microsoft's Current Taxes was $7.21 billion in FY2025 (+43.7%), $5.02 billion in FY2024 (+20.8%), $4.15 billion in FY2023 (+2.1%) and $4.07 billion in FY2022 (+87.1%).
- Quarterly Current Taxes has run from a low of $2.05 billion in fiscal Q2 2026 to a high of $9.72 billion in fiscal Q1 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Current Taxes has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 22.3% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Current Taxes in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2022, with growth of 163.1%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2026, with a decline of 66.1%.
- According to Business Quant data, Current Taxes for the three prior fiscal quarters was $3.56 billion (Q3 2026), $2.05 billion (Q2 2026) and $3.66 billion (Q1 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Current Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,932.24 Bn | 3,855.40 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 2.53 Bn |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 219.04 Bn | 169.85 Bn | 9.91 Bn | 2.02 Bn |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 104.70 Bn | 88.23 Bn | 499.52 Mn | - |
| 4 | Equinix | 97.19 Bn | 85.75 Bn | 1.40 Bn | - |
| 5 | Nebius | 40.23 Bn | 13.66 Bn | 448.70 Mn | 59.00 Mn |
| 6 | CoreWeave | 33.76 Bn | 20.85 Bn | 1.70 Bn | - |
| 7 | Verisign | 27.46 Bn | 24.67 Bn | 384.60 Mn | - |
| 8 | Nutanix | 17.98 Bn | 9.67 Bn | 651.35 Mn | - |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 13.83 Bn | 9.41 Bn | 828.20 Mn | - |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.69 Bn | 6.10 Bn | 613.75 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.53 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.56 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.05 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.66 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.21 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.81 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.06 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.72 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.02 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.31 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.79 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.04 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.15 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.16 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.55 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.73 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.07 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.65 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.73 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.27 Bn |
Microsoft Current Taxes API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=current-taxes&ticker=MSFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "current-taxes", "ticker": "MSFT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=current-taxes&ticker=MSFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();