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Starbucks (SBUX) Tax Rate: 2009-2025

Historic Tax Rate for Starbucks (SBUX) over the last 17 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 18.73%.

  • Starbucks' Tax Rate fell 507.00% to 18.73% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 25.95%, marking a year-over-year increase of 165.00%. This contributed to the annual value of 25.95% for FY2025, which is 165.00% up from last year.
  • Starbucks' Tax Rate amounted to 18.73% in Q3 2025, which was down 41.10% from 31.80% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Starbucks' Tax Rate registered a high of 31.80% during Q2 2025, and its lowest value of 18.22% during Q2 2021.
  • Over the past 3 years, Starbucks' median Tax Rate value was 23.71% (recorded in 2024), while the average stood at 24.10%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Starbucks' Tax Rate surged by 1,026bps in 2021, and later tumbled by 507bps in 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Starbucks' Tax Rate (Quarterly) stood at 21.49% in 2021, then tumbled by 128bps to 20.21% in 2022, then surged by 107bps to 25.72% in 2023, then crashed by 211bps to 23.61% in 2024, then plummeted by 507bps to 18.73% in 2025.
  • Its Tax Rate was 18.73% in Q3 2025, compared to 31.80% in Q2 2025 and 23.50% in Q1 2025.