Relx (RELX) Tax Provisions (2021 - 2025)
Relx's (RELX) quarterly Tax Provisions came in at -$915.2 million in Q4 2025, down 9.36% year-over-year from -$1.0 billion in Q4 2024, and down 9.36% quarter-over-quarter from -$836.8 million in Q4 2024.
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Relx (RELX) Tax Provisions (2021 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Relx (RELX) has reported Tax Provisions for 5 consecutive years, with -$915.2 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.
- On a quarterly basis, Tax Provisions fell 9.36% year-over-year to -$915.2 million in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$3.1 billion, a 14.93% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$957.2 million, down 22.87% from the prior year.
- Tax Provisions was -$915.2 million for Q4 2025 at Relx, down from -$836.8 million in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Tax Provisions peaked at -$517.6 million in Q4 2021 and troughed at -$915.2 million in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of -$715.5 million and a median of -$686.4 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Provisions.
- Across the five-year window, Tax Provisions dropped 21.93% in 2024 and retreated 9.36% in 2025, its largest moves.
- Over 5 years, Tax Provisions stood at -$517.6 million in 2021, then dropped by 20.09% to -$621.7 million in 2022, then decreased by 10.41% to -$686.4 million in 2023, then retreated by 21.93% to -$836.8 million in 2024, then dropped by 9.36% to -$915.2 million in 2025.
- The last three Tax Provisions figures came in at -$915.2 million (Q4 2025), -$836.8 million (Q4 2024), and -$686.4 million (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 460.85 Bn | 451.55 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 15.38 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 437.09 Bn | 400.44 Bn | - | 847.00 Mn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 258.74 Bn | 237.66 Bn | 8.40 Bn | -926.40 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 195.52 Bn | 184.12 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 1.03 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 145.61 Bn | 140.94 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 140.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.89 Bn | 100.66 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 279.20 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 76.97 Bn | 69.77 Bn | 3.46 Bn | 177.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 60.41 Bn | 60.04 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 57.09 Bn | 54.64 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 1.56 Mn |
| 10 | Workday | 46.40 Bn | 42.99 Bn | 2.21 Bn | -305.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -915.15 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -836.84 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -686.36 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -621.65 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -517.64 Mn |
API Access
Relx Tax Provisions 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-provisions&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-provisions", "ticker": "RELX", "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-provisions&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();