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

PayPal Holdings' (PYPL) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 15.73% in Q2 2026, down 180.0% YoY from 19.66% in Q2 2025, and down 21.77% on a QoQ basis from 20.1% in Q1 2026.

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

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) has 13 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 15.73% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 180.0% year-over-year to 15.73% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 16.39% (down 367.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 16.83%, down 535.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate eased to 15.73% in Q2 2026, from 20.1% 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 11.68% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 62.62% and a median of 19.54% in 2024 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Tax Rate jumped 78323 bps — and 2023, when it slumped 77489 bps.
  • Tracing PYPL's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 17.03% in 2022, then rose by 28 bps to 21.81% in 2023, then slipped by 6 bps to 20.5% in 2024, then plunged by 43 bps to 11.68% in 2025, then soared by 35 bps to 15.73% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 15.73% (Q2 2026), 20.1% (Q1 2026), and 11.68% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - 17.64%
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - 20.01%
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn 23.61%
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 20.90%
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - 15.73%
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 25.38%
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - 4.17%
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn 16.45%
10 Ally Financial 13.61 Bn 5.77 Bn 2.08 Bn 23.65%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 15.73%
Jun 30, 2026 15.73%
Jun 30, 2026 15.73%
Mar 31, 2026 20.10%
Mar 31, 2026 20.10%
Mar 31, 2026 20.10%
Dec 31, 2025 11.68%
Dec 31, 2025 11.68%
Dec 31, 2025 11.68%
Sep 30, 2025 18.59%
Sep 30, 2025 18.59%
Sep 30, 2025 18.59%
Jun 30, 2025 17.53%
Jun 30, 2025 17.53%
Jun 30, 2025 17.53%
Mar 31, 2025 19.71%
Mar 31, 2025 19.71%
Mar 31, 2025 19.71%
Dec 31, 2024 20.50%
Dec 31, 2024 20.50%