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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2026)

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has reported Deferred Taxes over the past 14 years, most recently at -$8.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Deferred Taxes at -$8.4 million for Q1 2026, up 37.78% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was -$3.0 million (up 85.71% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was -$3.0 million, up 85.71%.
  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 was -$8.4 million at Dave & Buster's Entertainment, down from $2.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Deferred Taxes for PLAY hit a ceiling of $18.2 million in Q3 2025 and a floor of -$14.8 million in Q2 2025.
  • Median Deferred Taxes over the past 5 years was $1.0 million (2024), compared with a mean of $1.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Deferred Taxes: skyrocketed 12891.45% in 2022 and later plummeted 1580.0% in 2025.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment's Deferred Taxes stood at $10.4 million in 2022, then crashed by 241.35% to -$14.7 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 85.03% to -$2.2 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 190.91% to $2.0 million in 2025, then plummeted by 520.0% to -$8.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Deferred Taxes were -$8.4 million (Q1 2026), $2.0 million (Q4 2025), and $18.2 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.