Discontinued — last reported Q1 '19
Cadence Design Systems Cash Paid for Income Taxes increased by 10.5% to $48.60M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 77.3%, from $213.86M to $48.60M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Cash Paid for Income Taxes shows an upward trend with a 14.0% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
A lower ratio of cash taxes paid to pre-tax income may indicate effective tax planning or the utilization of tax credits.
The total cash paid for income taxes across all jurisdictions (federal, state, and foreign) during the reporting period....
Standard cash flow statement item; peers with similar profitability levels should have comparable cash tax ratios.
is_c_cash_paid_for_income_taxes| 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 | |
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| Value | $18.49M | $19.07M | $98.74M | $10.02M | $69.26M | $68.87M | $85.08M | $19.81M | $42.08M | $42.83M | $148.98M | $23.85M | $173.63M | $98.64M | $213.86M | $29.96M | $124.85M | $43.96M | $48.60M |
| QoQ Change | — | +3.1% | +417.8% | -89.9% | +591.3% | -0.6% | +23.5% | -76.7% | +112.4% | +1.8% | +247.9% | -84.0% | +628.0% | -43.2% | +116.8% | -86.0% | +316.8% | -64.8% | +10.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +274.5% | +261.2% | -13.8% | +97.8% | -39.2% | -37.8% | +75.1% | +20.4% | +312.6% | +130.3% | +43.6% | +25.6% | -28.1% | -55.4% | -77.3% |