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Non-Current Liabilities

Unrecognized Tax Benefits - Impacting Effective Tax Rate

Citigroup Unrecognized Tax Benefits - Impacting Effective Tax Rate decreased by 20.0% to $800M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 20.0%, from $1B to $800M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Unrecognized Tax Benefits - Impacting Effective Tax Rate shows an upward trend with a 2.7% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.

Analysis

StatementBalance Sheet Statement
SectionNon-Current Liabilities
CategoryRisk
SignalLower is better
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ4 2013
Last reportedQ4 2025Feb 20, 2026

How to read this metric

A decrease indicates that tax uncertainties are being resolved, potentially leading to a one-time benefit to the effective tax rate.

Detailed definition

This represents the portion of tax positions taken by the company that are not recognized in the financial statements be...

Peer comparison

Standard disclosure for multinational corporations; peers report this in tax footnotes.

Metric ID: unrecognized_tax_benefits_impacting_etr

Historical Data

5 periods
 Q4 '21Q4 '22Q4 '23Q4 '24Q4 '25
Value$1B$1B$1B$1B$800M
QoQ Change+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%-20.0%
YoY Change+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%-20.0%
Range$800M$1B
CAGR-20.0%
Avg YoY Growth-5.0%
Median YoY Growth+0.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Citigroup's unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate?
Citigroup (C) reported unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate of $800M in Q4 2025.
How has Citigroup's unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate changed year-over-year?
Citigroup's unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate decreased by 20.0% year-over-year, from $1B to $800M.
What is the long-term trend for Citigroup's unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Citigroup's unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate has grown at a 2.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $700M to $800M.
What does unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate mean?
Potential tax savings that the company has not yet claimed because the outcome is uncertain.