PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Deferred Taxes (2014 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings' (PYPL) quarterly Deferred Taxes came in at $115.0 million in Q2 2026, up 238.55% YoY from $34.0 million in Q2 2025, and up 139.66% on a QoQ basis from -$290.0 million in Q1 2026.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Deferred Taxes (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Deferred Taxes data on file, last reported at $115.0 million in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Deferred Taxes rose 238.55% year-over-year to $115.0 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was $131.0 million (up 15.93% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $217.0 million, down 6.06% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes climbed to $115.0 million in Q2 2026, from -$290.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $223.0 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$441.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$67.0 million and a median of -$45.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Deferred Taxes.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Deferred Taxes soared 966.67% — and 2026, when it plunged 4733.33%.
  • Tracing PYPL's Deferred Taxes over 5 years: stood at -$273.0 million in 2022, then increased by 16.12% to -$229.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 197.38% to $223.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 44.39% to $124.0 million in 2025, then retreated by 7.26% to $115.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at $115.0 million (Q2 2026), -$290.0 million (Q1 2026), and $124.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - -656.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - -83.00 Mn
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn -74.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 67.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - 115.00 Mn
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 6.00 Mn
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - -
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn 28.90 Mn
10 Ally Financial 13.61 Bn 5.77 Bn 2.08 Bn -23.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 115.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -290.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 124.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 182.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -83.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -6.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 223.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -21.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -23.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 52.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -229.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -293.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -79.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -67.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -273.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -81.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -441.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -16.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -307.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -72.00 Mn