Microsoft (MSFT) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft (MSFT) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 19.22% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 152.0% year-over-year to 19.22%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 42.61% (down 500.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 53.02%, down 130.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate fell to 19.22% in Q1 2026, from 20.29% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 46.12% in Q2 2022 to a low of 33.99% in Q2 2025.
• A 5-year average of 15.78% and a median of 18.51% in 2024 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
• Across the five-year window, Tax Rate jumped 3470 bps in 2022 and slumped 7122 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Tracing MSFT's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 19.24% in 2022, then fell by 9 bps to 17.55% in 2023, then climbed by 2 bps to 17.9% in 2024, then climbed by 13 bps to 20.29% in 2025, then fell by 5 bps to 19.22% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MSFT's Tax Rate at 19.22% in Q1 2026, 20.29% in Q4 2025, and 19.11% in Q3 2025.