ServiceNow (NOW) Tax Provisions (2011 - 2026)
ServiceNow (NOW) reported Tax Provisions of $140 million for Q2 2026, up 62.8% from $86 million a year earlier but down 31.4% from the prior quarter.
ServiceNow (NOW) Tax Provisions (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, ServiceNow's Tax Provisions came in at $676 million, up 96.5% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $513 million, up 63.9% from FY2024.
- Tax Provisions has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 75.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Provisions came in at $313 million in FY2024, -$723 million in FY2023, $74 million in FY2022 (+289.5%) and $19 million in FY2021 (-38.7%).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Provisions spans a low of -$870 million in Q2 2023 and a high of $204 million in Q1 2026.
- Year over year, Tax Provisions has now increased in each of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 65.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Provisions in five years was Q4 2022 (growth of 450.0%); the low point was Q3 2021 (a decline of 61.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $204 million (Q1 2026), $140 million (Q4 2025) and $192 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 15.38 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - | 847.00 Mn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn | -926.40 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 1.03 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 140.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 279.20 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 177.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 70.51 Bn | 69.60 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.24 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 1.56 Mn |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 48.40 Bn | 45.18 Bn | - | 71.00 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 140.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 204.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 140.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 192.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 86.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 95.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 79.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 84.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 72.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 78.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 52.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 57.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -870.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 38.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 33.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 22.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.00 Mn |
ServiceNow Tax Provisions 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-provisions&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-provisions", "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=tax-provisions&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();