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Starbucks (SBUX) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Long-Term Deferred Tax for 14 consecutive years, with $1.6 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Long-Term Deferred Tax fell 7.09% to $1.6 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $1.6 billion, a 7.09% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.8 billion, up 3.41% from a year prior.
  • Long-Term Deferred Tax was $1.6 billion for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, down from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Long-Term Deferred Tax ranged from a high of $1.9 billion in Q4 2021 to a low of $1.6 billion in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $1.8 billion and a median of $1.8 billion in 2021 define the central range for Long-Term Deferred Tax.
  • Peak YoY movement for Long-Term Deferred Tax: grew 6.38% in 2021, then dropped 7.09% in 2025.
  • Starbucks' Long-Term Deferred Tax stood at $1.9 billion in 2021, then fell by 4.01% to $1.8 billion in 2022, then decreased by 1.68% to $1.8 billion in 2023, then decreased by 2.62% to $1.7 billion in 2024, then dropped by 7.09% to $1.6 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Long-Term Deferred Tax are $1.6 billion (Q4 2025), $1.8 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.8 billion (Q2 2025).