Paychex (PAYX) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Paychex (PAYX) reported Deferred Taxes of $2.4 million for Q2 2026, up 700.0% on a YoY basis from $300000.0 in Q2 2025, and down 88.99% sequentially from $21.8 million in Q1 2026.

Paychex (PAYX) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex (PAYX) has 18 years of Deferred Taxes data on file, last reported at $2.4 million in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Deferred Taxes rose 700.0% year-over-year to $2.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 stood at $101.4 million (up 741.77% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $101.4 million, up 741.77% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes eased to $2.4 million in Q2 2026, from $21.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $66.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of -$17.8 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $3.4 million and a median of -$350000.0 in 2022 frame the typical range for Deferred Taxes.
  • Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes plunged 2300.0% in 2022 and soared 2420.0% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Tracing PAYX's Deferred Taxes over 5 years: stood at -$17.8 million in 2022, then soared by 82.02% to -$3.2 million in 2023, then surged by 146.88% to $1.5 million in 2024, then surged by 646.67% to $11.2 million in 2025, then sank by 78.57% to $2.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PAYX's Deferred Taxes at $2.4 million in Q2 2026, $21.8 million in Q1 2026, and $11.2 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 936.60 Mn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 139.00 Mn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 106.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn -
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn -36.00 Mn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 54.30 Mn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -6.56 Mn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 73.13 Mn
10 Paychex 39.35 Bn 38.23 Bn 1.14 Bn 2.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 31, 2026 2.40 Mn
Feb 28, 2026 21.80 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 11.20 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 66.00 Mn
May 31, 2025 300,000.00
Feb 28, 2025 -6.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 1.50 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 -11.00 Mn
May 31, 2024 2.30 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 -14.50 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 -3.20 Mn
Aug 31, 2023 -3.20 Mn
May 31, 2023 23.20 Mn
Feb 28, 2023 -10.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2022 -17.80 Mn
Aug 31, 2022 2.50 Mn
May 31, 2022 -1.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 -2.20 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 -6.00 Mn
Aug 31, 2021 11.50 Mn