Western Union (WU) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Western Union's Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 28.19% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 1203.0% year-over-year to 28.19%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.32% (up 2679.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 14.58%, up 2420.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate was 28.19% for Q1 2026 at Western Union, up from 1.19% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 28.19% in Q1 2026 to a low of 95.14% in Q3 2024.
• Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 8.06% across 5 years, with a median of 16.13% in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Tax Rate tumbled 11144 bps in 2024, then soared 11184 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 0.83% in 2022, then soared by 1326 bps to 11.87% in 2023, then tumbled by 59 bps to 4.83% in 2024, then plunged by 75 bps to 1.19% in 2025, then surged by 2266 bps to 28.19% in 2026.
• The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 28.19% (Q1 2026), 1.19% (Q4 2025), and 16.71% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.