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Microsoft (MSFT) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2026)

Microsoft has reported Deferred Taxes over the past 18 years, most recently at $2.6 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Deferred Taxes at $2.6 billion for Q1 2026, up 215.95% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2026 was $7.3 billion (up 221.3% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was -$7.1 billion, down 47.28%.
  • Deferred Taxes reached $2.6 billion in Q1 2026 per MSFT's latest filing, down from $4.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $4.4 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$2.2 billion in Q1 2025.
  • Median Deferred Taxes over the past 5 years was -$1.2 billion (2024), compared with a mean of -$487.2 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Deferred Taxes tumbled 813.11% in 2022 before it soared 483.94% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Deferred Taxes stood at -$1.3 billion in 2022, then plummeted by 30.42% to -$1.7 billion in 2023, then surged by 31.96% to -$1.2 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 483.94% to $4.4 billion in 2025, then crashed by 41.48% to $2.6 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Deferred Taxes for MSFT at $2.6 billion in Q1 2026, $4.4 billion in Q4 2025, and $2.5 billion in Q3 2025.