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

PayPal Holdings posted quarterly Tax Rate of 20.1% for Q1 2026, up 39.0% year-on-year from 14.46% in Q1 2025, and up 72.12% on a QoQ basis from 11.68% in Q4 2025.

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

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 20.1% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 39.0% year-over-year to 20.1%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.82% (down 375.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 16.83%, down 535.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 20.1%, up from 11.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 795.92% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 11.68% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 19.71% (2025), against an average of 65.37%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Tax Rate jumped 78323 bps; it then plunged 77489 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 17.03% in 2022, then gained by 28 bps to 21.81% in 2023, then dropped by 6 bps to 20.5% in 2024, then tumbled by 43 bps to 11.68% in 2025, then surged by 72 bps to 20.1% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 20.1% (Q1 2026), 11.68% (Q4 2025), and 18.59% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 16.07
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 19.33
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 21.36
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 19.19
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 20.10
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 4.19
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 23.11
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 16.45
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 20.25
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 22.29

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 20.10%
Mar 31, 2026 20.10%
Dec 31, 2025 11.68%
Dec 31, 2025 11.68%
Sep 30, 2025 18.59%
Sep 30, 2025 18.59%
Jun 30, 2025 17.53%
Jun 30, 2025 17.53%
Mar 31, 2025 19.71%
Mar 31, 2025 19.71%
Dec 31, 2024 20.50%
Dec 31, 2024 20.50%
Sep 30, 2024 22.96%
Sep 30, 2024 22.96%
Jun 30, 2024 19.37%
Jun 30, 2024 19.37%
Mar 31, 2024 26.55%
Mar 31, 2024 26.55%
Dec 31, 2023 21.81%
Dec 31, 2023 21.81%