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United Parcel Service (UPS) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

United Parcel Service has reported Tax Rate over the past 17 years, most recently at 24.49% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 541.0% to 24.49% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 22.22% through Dec 2025, down 8.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 22.22% for FY2025, 8.0% down from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 24.49% for Q4 2025 at United Parcel Service, up from 18.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 27.54% in Q1 2024 and troughed at 11.12% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 22.19% (2023), against an average of 21.86%.
  • Year-over-year, Tax Rate tumbled -983bps in 2023 and then skyrocketed 830bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 21.93% in 2021, then increased by 3bps to 22.7% in 2022, then fell by -2bps to 22.2% in 2023, then decreased by -14bps to 19.09% in 2024, then grew by 28bps to 24.49% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UPS's Tax Rate are 24.49% (Q4 2025), 18.42% (Q3 2025), and 22.8% (Q2 2025).