Growth Metrics

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

PayPal Holdings' Tax Rate history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 11.68% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Tax Rate fell 882.0% year-over-year to 11.68%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 16.83%, down 535.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 16.83%, 535.0% down from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate reached 11.68% in Q4 2025 per PYPL's latest filing, down from 18.59% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 795.92% in Q2 2022 to a low of 25.8% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 53.57%, with a median of 18.83% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Tax Rate: surged 78323bps in 2022, then tumbled -77489bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 13.46% in 2021, then soared by 227bps to 17.03% in 2022, then increased by 28bps to 21.81% in 2023, then decreased by -6bps to 20.5% in 2024, then tumbled by -43bps to 11.68% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PYPL's Tax Rate are 11.68% (Q4 2025), 18.59% (Q3 2025), and 17.53% (Q2 2025).