Microsoft (MSFT) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft's Deferred Taxes history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $2.6 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Deferred Taxes rose 215.95% year-over-year to $2.6 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $7.3 billion (up 221.3% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$7.1 billion, down 47.28% from the prior year.
• Deferred Taxes was $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.
• Median Deferred Taxes over the past 5 years was -$1.2 billion (2024), compared with a mean of -$487.2 million.
• Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes tumbled 813.11% in 2022 and surged 483.94% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Deferred Taxes stood at -$1.3 billion in 2022, then slumped by 30.42% to -$1.7 billion in 2023, then jumped by 31.96% to -$1.2 billion in 2024, then soared by 483.94% to $4.4 billion in 2025, then slumped by 41.48% to $2.6 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MSFT's Deferred Taxes at $2.6 billion in Q1 2026, $4.4 billion in Q4 2025, and $2.5 billion in Q3 2025.