What is Apple's tax on share settlement?

Apple (AAPL) reported tax on share settlement of $330M in Q1 2026.

How has Apple's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?

Apple's tax on share settlement increased by 16.2% year-over-year, from $284M to $330M.

What is the long-term trend for Apple's tax on share settlement?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Apple's tax on share settlement has grown at a -2.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6.56B to $5.96B.

What does tax on share settlement mean?

Cash paid to tax authorities for employee share vesting, where the company withholds shares and pays the tax obligation in cash.

Apple AAPL Tax on Share Settlement

Tax on Share Settlement at other companies

Cirrus LogicCRUS

$5.04M+22.9%

QualcommQCOM

$256M-12.9%

Sirius XMSIRI

$26M+160%

Logitech InternationalLOGI

$2.03M-80.1%

NetflixNFLX

$29.23M+4.9%

Meta Platforms, Inc.META

$4.42B-9.4%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$111.18B+16.6%

Gross profit$54.8B+22.1%

Operating income$35.9B+21.3%

Net income$29.6B+19.4%

EPS (diluted)$2.01+21.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$45.6B+61.8%

Total debt$82.7B-10.3%

Total equity$106.49B+59.4%

Total assets$371.08B+12.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$28.7B+19.8%

CapEx$2.0B-35.8%

Free cash flow$26.7B+28.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$4.17T+39.3%

Enterprise value$4.21T+38.0%

P/E34×+3.9×

P/S9.2×+1.9×

Profitability

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Gross margin47.9%+1.2pp

Operating margin32.6%+0.8pp

Net margin27.2%+2.9pp

FCF margin28.6%+4.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity141.5%+3.5pp

Debt / equity0.8×-0.6×

Current ratio1.1×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Apple in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation.

The official record: Apple’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Apple's tax on share settlement?: Apple (AAPL) reported tax on share settlement of $330M in Q1 2026.
How has Apple's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?: Apple's tax on share settlement increased by 16.2% year-over-year, from $284M to $330M.
What is the long-term trend for Apple's tax on share settlement?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Apple's tax on share settlement has grown at a -2.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6.56B to $5.96B.
What does tax on share settlement mean?: Cash paid to tax authorities for employee share vesting, where the company withholds shares and pays the tax obligation in cash.