At&T T
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At&T (T) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2024)

At&T (T) posted quarterly Deferred Taxes of -$241.0 million for Q4 2024, down 91.27% year-over-year from -$2.8 billion in Q1 2024, and down 139.64% quarter-over-quarter from $608.0 million in Q3 2024.

At&T (T) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

At&T (T) has reported Deferred Taxes for 16 consecutive years, with -$241.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2024.

  • In Q4 2024, Deferred Taxes fell 91.27% year-over-year to -$241.0 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2024 stood at $1.6 billion (down 48.3% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was $1.6 billion, down 48.3% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes declined to -$241.0 million in Q4 2024 per T's latest filing, from $608.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $2.2 billion in Q4 2021 and bottomed at -$241.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, Deferred Taxes has averaged $857.0 million across 5 years, with a median of $673.5 million in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2020 — Deferred Taxes jumped 3990.24% — and 2023, when it tumbled 550.0%.
  • At&T's Deferred Taxes stood at -$103.0 million in 2020, then surged by 2214.56% to $2.2 billion in 2021, then tumbled by 98.71% to $28.0 million in 2022, then sank by 550.0% to -$126.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 91.27% to -$241.0 million in 2024.
  • Business Quant data shows T's Deferred Taxes at -$241.0 million in Q4 2024, $608.0 million in Q3 2024, and $724.0 million in Q2 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Verizon Communications 205.36 Bn 203.61 Bn 27.03 Bn 730.00 Mn
2 T-Mobile US 196.43 Bn 193.61 Bn 17.74 Bn 893.00 Mn
3 Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 190.22 Bn 188.51 Bn 318.12 Mn -
4 At&T 174.94 Bn 157.37 Bn 25.25 Bn -
5 Chunghwa Telecom 33.60 Bn 31.03 Bn 728.80 Mn -
6 EchoStar 25.24 Bn 23.74 Bn 1.65 Bn 1.32 Bn
7 Bce 22.16 Bn 22.16 Bn - -
8 Rogers Communications 19.61 Bn 18.36 Bn 1.77 Bn 106.99 Mn
9 Telefonica Brasil 18.11 Bn 18.11 Bn 1.32 Bn -
10 Charter Communications 17.77 Bn 17.26 Bn - 203.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2024 -241.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 608.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 724.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 479.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -126.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 1.33 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.31 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 529.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 28.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 623.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 1.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.18 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.71 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.68 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.85 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -103.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 1.60 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 394.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 259.00 Mn