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Microsoft (MSFT) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2025)

Microsoft (MSFT) has disclosed Deferred Taxes for 17 consecutive years, with $4.4 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Deferred Taxes rose 483.94% to $4.4 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $3.3 billion through Dec 2025, up 164.12% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$6.2 billion for FY2025, 30.45% down from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes hit $4.4 billion in Q4 2025 for Microsoft, up from $2.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $4.4 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$6.0 billion in Q3 2021.
  • Historically, Deferred Taxes has averaged -$799.3 million across 5 years, with a median of -$1.2 billion in 2022.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Deferred Taxes was 1176.47% in 2021; the steepest drop was 54172.73% in 2021.
  • Year by year, Deferred Taxes stood at $183.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 813.11% to -$1.3 billion in 2022, then crashed by 30.42% to -$1.7 billion in 2023, then skyrocketed by 31.96% to -$1.2 billion in 2024, then soared by 483.94% to $4.4 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Deferred Taxes for MSFT at $4.4 billion in Q4 2025, $2.5 billion in Q3 2025, and -$1.4 billion in Q2 2025.