Growth Metrics

Western Union (WU) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Western Union (WU) has 17 years of Tax Rate data on record, last reported at 16.25% in Q1 2025.

  • For Q1 2025, Tax Rate rose 10.0% year-over-year to 16.25%; the TTM value through Mar 2025 reached 7.46%, down 2441.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 9.62%, 2627.0% down from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate reached 16.25% in Q1 2025 per WU's latest filing, up from 95.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 20.17% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 95.14% in Q3 2024.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 5.67%, with a median of 15.7% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Tax Rate: soared 5218bps in 2021, then tumbled -11290bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 8.13% in 2021, then grew by 26bps to 10.22% in 2022, then surged by 49bps to 15.26% in 2023, then tumbled by -723bps to 95.14% in 2024, then surged by 117bps to 16.25% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Tax Rate were 16.25% in Q1 2025, 95.14% in Q3 2024, and 16.14% in Q1 2024.