Paychex (PAYX) Current Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Paychex recorded quarterly Current Taxes of $62.5 million in Q1 2026, up 40.77% quarter-over-quarter from $44.4 million in Q4 2025.

Paychex's Current Taxes history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $62.5 million for Q1 2026.

In Q1 2026, Current Taxes changed N/A year-over-year to $62.5 million; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at $62.5 million (changed N/A YoY), while the FY2020 annual figure was $50.5 million, changed N/A from the prior year.
Current Taxes came in at $62.5 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $44.4 million in the prior quarter.
In the past five years, Current Taxes ranged from a high of $73.5 million in Q3 2024 to a low of $40.0 million in Q3 2022.
A 5-year average of $56.3 million and a median of $61.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Current Taxes.
Across the five-year window, Current Taxes retreated 2.2% in 2022 and surged 52.5% in 2023, its largest moves.
Paychex's Current Taxes stood at $40.0 million in 2022, then surged by 52.5% to $61.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 20.49% to $73.5 million in 2024, then slumped by 39.59% to $44.4 million in 2025, then jumped by 40.77% to $62.5 million in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Current Taxes over the past three periods registered $62.5 million, $44.4 million, and $73.5 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2024 respectively.

Peer Comparison

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Current Taxes (Qtr)
1	Sap Se	253.17 Bn	235.20 Bn	8.16 Bn	1.50 Bn
2	Salesforce	171.07 Bn	161.50 Bn	8.69 Bn	-
3	Uber Technologies	151.10 Bn	150.06 Bn	11.88 Bn	-
4	Shopify	134.25 Bn	128.50 Bn	1.55 Bn	-
5	ServiceNow	105.72 Bn	100.54 Bn	2.83 Bn	-
6	Cadence Design Systems	101.64 Bn	100.23 Bn	1.26 Bn	-
7	Adobe	100.35 Bn	93.46 Bn	5.73 Bn	506.00 Mn
8	Automatic Data Processing	90.91 Bn	87.68 Bn	2.87 Bn	372.20 Mn
9	Intuit	88.30 Bn	81.52 Bn	6.77 Bn	-
10	Paychex	34.86 Bn	33.07 Bn	1.38 Bn	62.50 Mn

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