PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Income Taxes Paid (2014 - 2026)
PayPal Holdings (PYPL) posted Income Taxes Paid of $195 million for Q3 2026, down 0.5% from $196 million a year earlier and down 10.6% from the prior quarter.
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PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Income Taxes Paid (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Income Taxes Paid at PayPal Holdings was $486 million, down 55.2% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $1.1 billion, up 7.0% from FY2024.
- Annual Income Taxes Paid shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 14.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, PayPal Holdings' Income Taxes Paid was $1.03 billion in FY2024 (-51.5%), $2.12 billion in FY2023 (+141.2%), $878 million in FY2022 (+85.2%) and $474 million in FY2021 (-16.1%).
- Quarterly Income Taxes Paid has run from a low of $7 million in Q1 2026 to a high of $1.06 billion in Q4 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Income Taxes Paid has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average decline of 23.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Income Taxes Paid in the past five years was Q1 2023, with growth of 953.2%; the weakest was Q4 2024, with a decline of 95.1%.
- According to Business Quant data, Income Taxes Paid for the three prior quarters was $218 million (Q2 2026), $7 million (Q1 2026) and $66 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes Paid (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Block | 51.56 Bn | 23.34 Bn | 3.24 Bn | - |
| 2 | PayPal Holdings | 50.29 Bn | 8.99 Bn | - | 195.00 Mn |
| 3 | Coinbase Global | 35.53 Bn | -4.11 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Fiserv | 33.43 Bn | 30.64 Bn | 2.76 Bn | - |
| 5 | Corpay | 29.86 Bn | 18.68 Bn | - | 152.38 Mn |
| 6 | Global Payments | 25.78 Bn | 604.58 Mn | 2.01 Bn | - |
| 7 | Guidewire Software | 13.57 Bn | 10.14 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 6.21 Mn |
| 8 | Jack Henry & Associates | 12.44 Bn | 12.35 Bn | 273.85 Mn | - |
| 9 | Chime Financial | 11.95 Bn | 7.64 Bn | 646.07 Mn | 819,000.00 |
| 10 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 10.38 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 40.81 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 195.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 218.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 66.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 196.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 742.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 95.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 52.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 153.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 739.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 83.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.06 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 152.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 906.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 495.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 212.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 222.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 444.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 47.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 38.00 Mn |
API Access
PayPal Holdings Income Taxes Paid 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=income-taxes-paid&ticker=PYPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "income-taxes-paid", "ticker": "PYPL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=income-taxes-paid&ticker=PYPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();