Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Telephone & Data Systems' Tax Rate was 23.77% in Q2 2026, up 66.08 percentage points from -42.31% a year earlier and up 0.50 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Telephone & Data Systems' Tax Rate was 14.36% through Jun 30, 2026, down 14.74 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -69.90%, down 91.24 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of -76.50 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was 21.34% in FY2024 (+18.54 pp), 2.80% in FY2023 (-39.60 pp), 42.40% in FY2022 (+27.47 pp) and 14.93% in FY2021 (+8.33 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between -1211.05% (Q3 2025) and 100.00% (Q2 2023) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -164.50 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q2 2022 (a gain of 88.74 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2025 (a drop of 1234.63 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, TDS's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 23.27% (Q1 2026), 26.89% (Q4 2025) and -1211.05% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 186.77 Bn | 149.90 Bn | 27.03 Bn | 25.12% |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 174.06 Bn | 158.80 Bn | 14.76 Bn | 25.16% |
| 3 | At&T | 163.49 Bn | 95.45 Bn | 25.82 Bn | 13.47% |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 153.60 Bn | 145.34 Bn | 318.12 Mn | - |
| 5 | Comcast | 79.42 Bn | 43.49 Bn | - | 25.89% |
| 6 | Vodafone Group Public | 38.48 Bn | 7.88 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Chunghwa Telecom | 37.04 Bn | 29.05 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 19.26% |
| 8 | EchoStar | 25.00 Bn | 16.09 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 13.56% |
| 9 | Telefonica Brasil | 20.68 Bn | 14.70 Bn | 1.42 Bn | - |
| 10 | Telephone & Data Systems | 3.89 Bn | -1.37 Bn | 179.96 Mn | 23.77% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 23.77% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.27% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 26.89% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 41.84% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 46.15% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 34.48% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 87.10% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 100.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 52.00% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 40.91% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 33.94% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 28.79% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 30.39% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 11.76% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 6.06% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 9.30% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 3.49% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 39.47% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 29.09% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 32.69% |
API Access
Telephone & Data Systems 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=TDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "TDS", "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=TDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();