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

Western Union has reported Tax Rate for 18 years, with the latest figure at 19.6% in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 394.0% year-over-year to 19.6% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 17.86%, a 6375.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 17.28%, up 6274.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate was 19.6% for Q2 2026 at Western Union, down from 28.19% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Tax Rate was 28.19% in Q1 2026, with the low at 106.54% in Q4 2024.
• Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 3.64%, with a median of 16.15% recorded in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Tax Rate sank 12180 bps in 2024, then jumped 12123 bps in 2025.
• Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 4.2% in 2022, then jumped by 263 bps to 15.26% in 2023, then tumbled by 798 bps to 106.54% in 2024, then surged by 114 bps to 14.7% in 2025, then soared by 33 bps to 19.6% in 2026.
• The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 19.6% (Q2 2026), 28.19% (Q1 2026), and 14.7% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.