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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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate rose 3805.0% to 61.66% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 39.15%, a 1543.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 25.95%, up 165.0% from a year prior.
  • Tax Rate was 61.66% for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, up from 18.79% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 61.66% in Q4 2025 to a low of 18.21% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 25.31% and a median of 23.48% in 2023 define the central range for Tax Rate.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Tax Rate was 3805bps in 2025; the steepest drop was -501bps in 2025.
  • Starbucks' Tax Rate stood at 21.49% in 2021, then decreased by -6bps to 20.21% in 2022, then increased by 27bps to 25.72% in 2023, then decreased by -8bps to 23.61% in 2024, then soared by 161bps to 61.66% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Tax Rate are 61.66% (Q4 2025), 18.79% (Q3 2025), and 31.8% (Q2 2025).