Sony (SONY) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Sony (SONY) reported Tax Rate of 26.70% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 0.40 percentage points from 26.30% a year earlier but down 6.81 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sony (SONY) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Sony's Tax Rate came in at 26.71%, up 6.86 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Mar 31, 2026, it came in at 25.81%, up 6.64 percentage points from the prior year.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of +30.41 percentage points (years ended Mar 2021 to Mar 2026).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at 19.17% in the year ended Mar 31, 2025 (+0.32 pp), 18.85% in the year ended Mar 31, 2024 (-1.77 pp), 20.61% in the year ended Mar 31, 2023 (+0.11 pp) and 20.50% in the year ended Mar 31, 2022 (+25.10 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of -47.70% in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022 and a high of 33.51% in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.90 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021 (a gain of 76.25 percentage points); the low point was the quarter ended Mar 31, 2025 (a drop of 34.85 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 came in at 33.51% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 23.94% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 27.92% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 4,865.08 Bn | 4,612.57 Bn | 54.77 Bn | 17.86% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 424.71 Bn | 360.64 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 21.77% |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | 344.52 Bn | 300.28 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 19.45% |
| 4 | Arista Networks | 256.79 Bn | 210.25 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 19.37% |
| 5 | Sandisk | 254.02 Bn | 242.55 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 12.05% |
| 6 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 209.18 Bn | 204.17 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 14.02% |
| 7 | Western Digital | 164.06 Bn | 152.19 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 1.60% |
| 8 | Sony | 144.83 Bn | 95.22 Bn | 6.53 Bn | 26.70% |
| 9 | Lumentum Holdings | 86.05 Bn | 77.87 Bn | 477.30 Mn | - |
| 10 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 84.85 Bn | 62.73 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 12.60% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.70% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 33.51% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.94% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 27.92% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 26.30% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 23.40% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 23.78% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 25.29% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 29.82% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 19.89% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.91% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 21.05% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.73% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 17.42% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 23.10% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 25.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.62% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 24.27% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 23.49% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 18.97% |
API Access
Sony Tax Rate 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-rate&ticker=SONY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "SONY", "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-rate&ticker=SONY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();