ServiceNow (NOW) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2018 - 2026)
ServiceNow's Long-Term Deferred Tax was $804 million in Q3 2026, down 33.9% from $1.22 billion a year earlier and down 9.7% from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Long-Term Deferred Tax at ServiceNow came in at $1.06 billion, down 23.8% from FY2024.
- Long-Term Deferred Tax shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Long-Term Deferred Tax was $1.39 billion in FY2024 (-8.2%), $1.51 billion in FY2023 (+137.1%), $636 million in FY2022 (-8.1%) and $692 million in FY2021 (+2.8%).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Long-Term Deferred Tax since Q1 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Long-Term Deferred Tax has declined for ten straight quarters, with an average decline of 20.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Long-Term Deferred Tax over five years was Q3 2023 (growth of 149.2%); the worst was Q3 2026 (a decline of 33.9%).
- Per Business Quant data, NOW's Long-Term Deferred Tax in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was $890 million (Q2 2026), $914 million (Q1 2026) and $1.06 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 405.94 Bn | 370.77 Bn | 1.93 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 352.24 Bn | 224.37 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 276.54 Bn | 203.94 Bn | 8.64 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 176.18 Bn | 132.05 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 121.53 Bn | 108.33 Bn | 2.53 Bn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 107.01 Bn | 86.28 Bn | 2.90 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 93.32 Bn | 72.67 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 73.41 Bn | 72.51 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.50 Bn | 37.63 Bn | 89.63 Mn |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 49.48 Bn | 45.45 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 804.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 890.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 914.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.06 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.22 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.34 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.36 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.39 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.44 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.45 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.48 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.51 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.51 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.55 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 640.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 636.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 604.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 642.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 686.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 692.00 Mn |
API Access
ServiceNow Long-Term Deferred Tax 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=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "long-term-deferred-tax", "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=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();