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Microsoft (MSFT) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Microsoft has reported Tax Rate over the past 18 years, most recently at 19.22% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Tax Rate at 19.22% for Q1 2026, up 152.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2026 was 18.96% (down 1698.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 17.63%, down 2115.0%.
  • Tax Rate reached 19.22% in Q1 2026 per MSFT's latest filing, down from 20.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 20.29% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 61.39% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Tax Rate over the past 5 years was 17.91% (2024), compared with a mean of 5.86%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Tax Rate crashed -4287bps in 2022 before it soared 7289bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 19.24% in 2022, then dropped by -9bps to 17.55% in 2023, then grew by 2bps to 17.9% in 2024, then grew by 13bps to 20.29% in 2025, then dropped by -5bps to 19.22% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Tax Rate for MSFT at 19.22% in Q1 2026, 20.29% in Q4 2025, and 19.11% in Q3 2025.