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Microsoft (MSFT) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2025)

Microsoft's Deferred Taxes history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $4.4 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Deferred Taxes rose 483.94% year-over-year to $4.4 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $2.5 billion, up 148.86%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$7.1 billion, 48.92% down from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes for Q4 2025 was $4.4 billion at Microsoft, up from $2.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $4.4 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$6.0 billion in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$1.2 billion (2022), against an average of -$841.4 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Deferred Taxes was 1176.47% in 2021 against a maximum downside of 54172.73% in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at $183.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 813.11% to -$1.3 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 30.42% to -$1.7 billion in 2023, then soared by 31.96% to -$1.2 billion in 2024, then surged by 483.94% to $4.4 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSFT's Deferred Taxes are $4.4 billion (Q4 2025), $2.5 billion (Q3 2025), and -$2.2 billion (Q2 2025).