Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Tax Rate (2013 - 2026)
Paylocity Holding's Tax Rate was 29.20% in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 1.97 percentage points from 27.24% a year earlier and up 0.04 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Tax Rate (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Tax Rate at Paylocity Holding came in at 30.35%, up 3.84 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate has now increased for five consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +54.37 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was 26.51% in FY2025 (+1.15 pp), 25.36% in FY2024 (+14.14 pp), 11.22% in FY2023 (+19.81 pp) and -8.59% in FY2022 (+15.43 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between -338.23% (fiscal Q1 2023) and 35.94% (fiscal Q1 2026) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate has increased for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.52 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (a gain of 360.52 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q1 2023 (a drop of 133.03 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, PCTY's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was 29.16% (Q3 2026), 28.47% (Q2 2026) and 35.94% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 449.46 Bn | 418.52 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 1.42% |
| 2 | Oracle | 415.29 Bn | 287.84 Bn | - | 15.11% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.30 Bn | 177.39 Bn | 8.40 Bn | - |
| 4 | Salesforce | 188.94 Bn | 144.82 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 22.54% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.57 Bn | 117.03 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 31.96% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.66 Bn | 84.78 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 22.20% |
| 7 | Intuit | 74.00 Bn | 53.35 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 32.78% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.34 Bn | 57.31 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.88 Bn | 46.87 Bn | 81.55 Mn | - |
| 10 | Paylocity Holding | 7.59 Bn | 6.70 Bn | 300.38 Mn | 29.20% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 29.20% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 29.16% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 28.47% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 35.94% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 27.24% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 27.72% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 19.97% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 28.04% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 28.71% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 22.87% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 28.76% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 22.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 28.31% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 29.32% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.30% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.70% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 25.97% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 5.40% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 18.44% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 16.70% |
API Access
Paylocity Holding Tax Rate 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-rate&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "PCTY", "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-rate&ticker=PCTY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();