PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Tax Provisions (2014 - 2026)

PayPal Holdings posted quarterly Tax Provisions of $280.0 million for Q1 2026, down 11.39% year-on-year from $316.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 47.37% on a QoQ basis from $190.0 million in Q4 2025.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Tax Provisions (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Tax Provisions data on file, last reported at $280.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Provisions fell 11.39% year-over-year to $280.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.0 billion (down 13.08% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.1 billion, down 10.41% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions for Q1 2026 stood at $280.0 million, up from $190.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Provisions topped out at $391.0 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at $120.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Provisions is $279.0 million (2023), against an average of $272.5 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Tax Provisions soared 298.95%; it then tumbled 34.26% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Provisions shows it stood at $189.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 106.88% to $391.0 million in 2023, then declined by 26.09% to $289.0 million in 2024, then sank by 34.26% to $190.0 million in 2025, then surged by 47.37% to $280.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Provisions figures came in at $280.0 million (Q1 2026), $190.0 million (Q4 2025), and $285.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 1.15 Bn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 930.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 807.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 518.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 280.00 Mn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 4.50 Mn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 242.00 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 32.82 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 81.00 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 35.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 280.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 190.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 285.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 268.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 316.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 289.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 301.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 271.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 321.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 391.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 221.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 274.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 279.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 189.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 248.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 390.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 120.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -95.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 78.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 172.00 Mn