Tesla (TSLA) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)

Tesla's (TSLA) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 34.36% in Q1 2026, up 567.0% year-on-year from 5.15% in Q1 2025, and up 26.02% quarter-over-quarter from 27.27% in Q4 2025.

Tesla (TSLA) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Tesla has disclosed Tax Rate across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 34.36% for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 34.36%, up 567.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 27.74% (up 793.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 26.9%, up 647.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 34.36% for Q1 2026 at Tesla, up from 27.27% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 34.36% in Q1 2026 to a low of 262.53% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 15.1% (2024), against an average of 1.45%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate slumped 26946 bps in 2023 and surged 27762 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tesla's Tax Rate stood at 6.93% in 2022, then plunged by 3889 bps to 262.53% in 2023, then surged by 106 bps to 15.1% in 2024, then surged by 81 bps to 27.27% in 2025, then climbed by 26 bps to 34.36% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 34.36% (Q1 2026), 27.27% (Q4 2025), and 29.1% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Tesla 1,297.09 Bn 1,252.41 Bn 4.72 Bn 34.36
2 Toyota Motor 440.56 Bn 289.71 Bn 39.87 Bn -
3 Ferrari 75.26 Bn 73.46 Bn 1.09 Bn 23.95
4 General Motors 72.40 Bn 50.02 Bn 4.32 Bn 19.18
5 Ford Motor 56.05 Bn 25.60 Bn 7.94 Bn 12.40
6 Rivian Automotive 20.65 Bn 15.84 Bn 119.00 Mn 0.48
7 China Yuchai International 14.25 Bn 13.19 Bn 317.01 Mn -43.64
8 VinFast Auto 7.11 Bn 10.11 Bn -15,731.99 Bn -
9 Digital Currency X Technology 4.89 Bn 4.89 Bn - -
10 Xpeng 4.49 Bn 1.59 Bn 388.90 Mn 0.64

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 34.36%
Mar 31, 2026 34.36%
Dec 31, 2025 27.27%
Dec 31, 2025 27.27%
Sep 30, 2025 29.10%
Sep 30, 2025 29.10%
Jun 30, 2025 23.18%
Jun 30, 2025 23.18%
Mar 31, 2025 28.69%
Mar 31, 2025 28.69%
Dec 31, 2024 15.10%
Dec 31, 2024 15.10%
Sep 30, 2024 21.57%
Sep 30, 2024 21.57%
Jun 30, 2024 20.76%
Jun 30, 2024 20.76%
Mar 31, 2024 25.58%
Mar 31, 2024 25.58%
Dec 31, 2023 -262.53%
Dec 31, 2023 -262.53%