Microsoft (MSFT) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft has disclosed Deferred Taxes across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $2.6 billion for Q1 2026.

• Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 came in at $2.6 billion, up 215.95% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $7.3 billion (up 221.3% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$7.1 billion, down 47.28% from the prior year.
• Deferred Taxes came in at $2.6 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, down from $4.4 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 -$2.2 billion in Q1 2025.
• The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$1.2 billion (2024), against an average of -$487.2 million.
• Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes plunged 813.11% in 2022 and soared 483.94% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Microsoft's Deferred Taxes stood at -$1.3 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 30.42% to -$1.7 billion in 2023, then surged by 31.96% to -$1.2 billion in 2024, then jumped by 483.94% to $4.4 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 41.48% to $2.6 billion in 2026.
• The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at $2.6 billion (Q1 2026), $4.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.5 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.