Microsoft (MSFT) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Microsoft (MSFT) posted Tax Rate of 18.80% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 2.30 percentage points from 16.50% a year earlier but down 0.42 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Microsoft (MSFT) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Microsoft's Tax Rate came in at 19.40%, up 1.77 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +5.57 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Microsoft's Tax Rate was 17.63% in FY2025 (-0.60 pp), 18.23% in FY2024 (-0.75 pp), 18.98% in FY2023 (+5.87 pp) and 13.11% in FY2022 (-0.71 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of 0.09% in fiscal Q1 2022 to a high of 20.29% in fiscal Q2 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate has increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.56 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2023, with a gain of 18.52 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2022, with a drop of 13.74 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate for the three prior fiscal quarters was 19.22% (Q3 2026), 20.29% (Q2 2026) and 19.11% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,833.59 Bn | 3,756.75 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 18.80% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 212.47 Bn | 163.37 Bn | 9.91 Bn | 12.63% |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 112.40 Bn | 95.93 Bn | 499.52 Mn | - |
| 4 | Equinix | 99.47 Bn | 88.02 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 8.80% |
| 5 | Nebius | 60.05 Bn | 33.48 Bn | 448.70 Mn | - |
| 6 | CoreWeave | 48.26 Bn | 35.35 Bn | 1.70 Bn | - |
| 7 | Verisign | 25.97 Bn | 23.18 Bn | 384.60 Mn | 23.12% |
| 8 | Nutanix | 18.41 Bn | 10.09 Bn | 651.35 Mn | - |
| 9 | Akamai Technologies | 16.36 Bn | 9.77 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 20.62% |
| 10 | DigitalOcean Holdings | 14.67 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 154.66 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.80% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 19.22% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 20.29% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 19.11% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.50% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 17.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.90% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.51% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.13% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.91% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.55% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 18.30% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.79% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 19.29% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 19.24% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 18.62% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.29% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.15% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 16.66% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.09% |
API Access
Microsoft Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=MSFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "MSFT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=MSFT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();