Workday (WDAY) Tax Provisions (2015 - 2026)
Workday's Tax Provisions was -$305 million in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), compared with $76 million a year earlier.
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Workday (WDAY) Tax Provisions (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Workday's Tax Provisions was -$24 million through Jul 31, 2026; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was $316 million, up 182.1% from FY2025.
- Tax Provisions shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 112.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Provisions was $112 million in FY2025, -$1.03 billion in FY2024, $107 million in FY2023 and -$13 million in FY2022.
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure marks the lowest quarterly Tax Provisions since fiscal Q4 2024.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Provisions over five years was fiscal Q4 2026 (growth of 357.7%); the worst was fiscal Q3 2024 (a decline of 71.5%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 484.14 Bn | 453.09 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 15.38 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 382.29 Bn | 254.42 Bn | - | 847.00 Mn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 271.18 Bn | 198.96 Bn | 8.40 Bn | -926.40 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 198.30 Bn | 154.17 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 1.03 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 157.86 Bn | 136.32 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 140.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 118.67 Bn | 100.80 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 279.20 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 92.65 Bn | 72.00 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 177.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.64 Bn | 70.74 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 54.13 Bn | 47.12 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 1.56 Mn |
| 10 | Workday | 49.77 Bn | 25.89 Bn | 2.00 Bn | -305.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | -305.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 119.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 86.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 76.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 35.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 26.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 34.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 36.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 16.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -1.05 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 15.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 3.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 7.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 47.98 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 52.56 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -2.71 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 9.17 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -10.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 2.09 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -3.87 Mn |
API Access
Workday Tax Provisions 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-provisions&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-provisions", "ticker": "WDAY", "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-provisions&ticker=WDAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();