Current Liabilities
Sales taxes payable
Home Depot Sales taxes payable decreased by 24.0% to $508.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 19.1%, from $628.00M to $508.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Sales taxes payable shows a downward trend with a -8.1% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementBalance Sheet Statement
SectionCurrent Liabilities
CategoryRisk
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ4 2014
Last reportedQ4 2025Mar 18, 2026
How to read this metric
Increases generally correlate with higher sales volumes or changes in tax collection timing.
Detailed definition
Sales taxes payable represents the amount of sales tax collected from customers on behalf of government authorities that...
Peer comparison
Standard for any retail business collecting sales tax.
Metric ID:
sales_taxes_payableHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q1 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.15B | $1.01B | $968.00M | $848.00M | $1.14B | $1.08B | $640.00M | $528.00M | $683.00M | $631.00M | $590.00M | $449.00M | $676.00M | $645.00M | $655.00M | $628.00M | $768.00M | $661.00M | $668.00M | $508.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -11.7% | -4.5% | -12.4% | +34.3% | -5.5% | -40.5% | -17.5% | +29.4% | -7.6% | -6.5% | -23.9% | +50.6% | -4.6% | +1.6% | -4.1% | +22.3% | -13.9% | +1.1% | -24.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -0.9% | +6.1% | -33.9% | -37.7% | -40.0% | -41.4% | -7.8% | -15.0% | -1.0% | +2.2% | +11.0% | +39.9% | +13.6% | +2.5% | +2.0% | -19.1% |
Range$449.00M – $1.15B
CAGR-15.8%
Avg YoY Growth-7.5%
Median YoY Growth-0.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Home Depot's sales taxes payable?
- Home Depot (HD) reported sales taxes payable of $508.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Home Depot's sales taxes payable changed year-over-year?
- Home Depot's sales taxes payable decreased by 19.1% year-over-year, from $628.00M to $508.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Home Depot's sales taxes payable?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Home Depot's sales taxes payable has grown at a -8.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $774.00M to $508.00M.
- What does sales taxes payable mean?
- Sales tax collected from customers that the company owes to the government.