ServiceNow (NOW) Income Taxes Paid (2012 - 2026)
ServiceNow (NOW) posted Income Taxes Paid of $68 million for Q3 2026, up 30.8% from $52 million a year earlier but down 26.1% from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) Income Taxes Paid (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Income Taxes Paid at ServiceNow was $300 million, up 31.6% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $283 million, up 23.0% from FY2024.
- Annual Income Taxes Paid has increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 48.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, ServiceNow's Income Taxes Paid was $230 million in FY2024 (+81.1%), $127 million in FY2023 (+182.2%), $45 million in FY2022 (+25.0%) and $36 million in FY2021 (-7.7%).
- Quarterly Income Taxes Paid has run from a low of -$10 million in Q4 2021 to a high of $102 million in Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Income Taxes Paid increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 36.9%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Income Taxes Paid in the past five years was Q2 2023, with growth of 241.7%; the weakest was Q3 2022, with a decline of 53.8%.
- According to Business Quant data, Income Taxes Paid for the three prior quarters was $92 million (Q2 2026), $38 million (Q1 2026) and $102 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes Paid (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 386.60 Bn | 351.42 Bn | 1.93 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.94 Bn | 216.07 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 272.35 Bn | 199.75 Bn | 8.64 Bn | -790.34 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.46 Bn | 131.33 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 222.00 Mn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 122.07 Bn | 108.86 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 187.20 Mn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.47 Bn | 84.73 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 68.00 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 94.25 Bn | 73.60 Bn | 3.44 Bn | - |
| 8 | Relx | 73.66 Bn | 72.75 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.78 Bn | 38.91 Bn | 89.63 Mn | - |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 50.52 Bn | 46.49 Bn | - | -51.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 68.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 92.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 38.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 102.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 52.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 93.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 36.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 47.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 71.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 91.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 21.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 24.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 40.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 41.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 22.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 12.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -10.00 Mn |
API Access
ServiceNow Income Taxes Paid 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=income-taxes-paid&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "income-taxes-paid", "ticker": "NOW", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();