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Starbucks (SBUX) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Tax Rate for 17 consecutive years, with 61.66% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 3805.0% to 61.66% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 39.15% through Dec 2025, up 1543.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 25.95% for FY2025, 165.0% up from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q4 2025 was 61.66% at Starbucks, up from 18.73% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 61.66% in Q4 2025, with the low at 18.22% in Q2 2021.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 25.31%, with a median of 23.48% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak annual rise in Tax Rate hit 3805bps in 2025, while the deepest fall reached -507bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 21.49% in 2021, then fell by -6bps to 20.21% in 2022, then rose by 27bps to 25.72% in 2023, then fell by -8bps to 23.61% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 161bps to 61.66% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods came in at 61.66%, 18.73%, and 31.8% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.