Paychex (PAYX) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Paychex has disclosed Deferred Taxes across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $21.8 million for Q1 2026.

• Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 came in at $21.8 million, up 430.3% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $105.2 million (up 520.8% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$9.9 million, up 66.78% from the prior year.
• Deferred Taxes came in at $21.8 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $11.2 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 -$18.4 million in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$3.2 million (2023), against an average of $629411.8.
• Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes slumped 2300.0% in 2022 and jumped 700.0% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Paychex's Deferred Taxes stood at -$17.8 million in 2022, then jumped by 82.02% to -$3.2 million in 2023, then soared by 146.88% to $1.5 million in 2024, then soared by 646.67% to $11.2 million in 2025, then surged by 94.64% to $21.8 million in 2026.
• The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at $21.8 million (Q1 2026), $11.2 million (Q4 2025), and $66.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.