Qualcomm (QCOM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Qualcomm (QCOM) posted Tax Rate of 18.68% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), up 9.00 percentage points from 9.69% a year earlier and up 248.88 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Qualcomm (QCOM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 28, 2026, Tax Rate at Qualcomm was 17.42%, up 11.60 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), it was 56.24%, up 54.06 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +47.13 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Qualcomm's Tax Rate was 2.19% in FY2024 (+0.79 pp), 1.40% in FY2023 (-12.02 pp), 13.42% in FY2022 (+1.43 pp) and 11.98% in FY2021 (+2.87 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of -230.20% in fiscal Q2 2026 to a high of 204.91% in fiscal Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.24 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2025, with a gain of 217.20 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2026, with a drop of 239.63 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate for the three prior fiscal quarters was -230.20% (Q2 2026), 15.31% (Q1 2026) and 204.91% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 5,109.17 Bn | 4,883.33 Bn | 72.14 Bn | 16.53% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 2,161.49 Bn | 1,786.35 Bn | 27.22 Bn | 18.05% |
| 3 | Broadcom | 1,533.75 Bn | 1,459.79 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 14.32% |
| 4 | Micron Technology | 989.15 Bn | 894.78 Bn | 47.05 Bn | 14.88% |
| 5 | Advanced Micro Devices | 840.45 Bn | 797.19 Bn | 6.20 Bn | 9.88% |
| 6 | Asml Holding | 609.94 Bn | 565.63 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Intel | 442.11 Bn | 311.24 Bn | 6.51 Bn | - |
| 8 | Applied Materials | 298.82 Bn | 264.26 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 12.69% |
| 9 | Lam Research | 287.79 Bn | 263.84 Bn | 4.30 Bn | 16.88% |
| 10 | Qualcomm | 185.41 Bn | 145.33 Bn | 5.28 Bn | 18.68% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 18.68% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 15.31% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 204.91% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 9.69% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.44% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 12.52% |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 7.50% |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 8.93% |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 5.10% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 1.25% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 10.18% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 4.13% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 15.76% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 12.01% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 14.29% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 12.06% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 14.82% |
| Jun 27, 2021 | 10.19% |
| Mar 28, 2021 | 17.24% |
| Dec 27, 2020 | 5.72% |
Qualcomm Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=QCOM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "QCOM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=QCOM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();