ServiceNow (NOW) Tax Provisions (2011 - 2026)
ServiceNow (NOW) reported Tax Provisions of $93 million for Q3 2026, down 51.6% from $192 million a year earlier and down 33.6% from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) Tax Provisions (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, ServiceNow's Tax Provisions came in at $577 million, up 27.7% 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%).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Tax Provisions since Q2 2025.
- Year over year, Tax Provisions gained in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 53.1%.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Provisions in five years was Q4 2022 (growth of 450.0%); the low point was Q3 2026 (a decline of 51.6%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $140 million (Q2 2026), $204 million (Q1 2026) and $140 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 413.65 Bn | 378.59 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 13.56 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 374.28 Bn | 246.84 Bn | - | 847.00 Mn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 294.90 Bn | 222.88 Bn | 8.64 Bn | -844.41 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 186.99 Bn | 142.87 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 1.03 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.08 Bn | 106.87 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 329.70 Mn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 113.02 Bn | 92.28 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 93.00 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 95.72 Bn | 75.07 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 177.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 74.73 Bn | 73.84 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 57.35 Bn | 44.49 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 1.41 Bn |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 52.16 Bn | 48.13 Bn | - | -59.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 93.00 Mn |
| 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 |
API Access
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_KEYimport 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();