Microsoft (MSFT) Current Taxes (2009 - 2026)
Microsoft (MSFT) posted Current Taxes of $1.45 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), down 60.4% from $3.66 billion a year earlier and down 42.9% from the prior quarter.
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Microsoft (MSFT) Current Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Microsoft's Current Taxes came in at $2.53 billion, down 64.9% from FY2025.
- 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%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Current Taxes since fiscal Q3 2018.
- On a year-over-year basis, Current Taxes has declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 32.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Current Taxes in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2022, with growth of 138.9%; 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 $2.53 billion (Q4 2026), $3.56 billion (Q3 2026) and $2.05 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Current Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,944.62 Bn | 3,880.11 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 1.45 Bn |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 231.10 Bn | 185.71 Bn | 9.71 Bn | 1.87 Bn |
| 3 | Equinix | 100.11 Bn | 88.01 Bn | 1.31 Bn | - |
| 4 | Cloudflare | 96.02 Bn | 78.46 Bn | 557.23 Mn | - |
| 5 | Nebius | 31.44 Bn | 4.87 Bn | 448.70 Mn | 59.00 Mn |
| 6 | Verisign | 27.82 Bn | 25.17 Bn | 393.20 Mn | - |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 25.57 Bn | 12.66 Bn | 1.70 Bn | - |
| 8 | Nutanix | 15.68 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 651.35 Mn | - |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 14.30 Bn | 9.69 Bn | 843.00 Mn | - |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.01 Bn | 5.41 Bn | 613.75 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.45 Bn |
| 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 |
API Access
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_KEYimport 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();