What is Salesforce's tax on share settlement?

Salesforce (CRM) reported tax on share settlement of $250M in Q1 2026.

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.

Salesforce CRM Tax on Share Settlement

Tax on Share Settlement at other companies

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$91M-18.8%

Fair IsaacFICO

$1.39M-42.3%

PTCPTC

$9.78M-3.0%

Workday, Inc.WDAY

$146M-30.8%

OracleORCL

$0—

ServiceNowNOW

$164M-35.2%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$11.1B+13.3%

Gross profit$8.6B+13.2%

Operating income$2.3B+20.9%

Net income$2.1B+36.7%

EPS (diluted)$2.42+52.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$8.9B-18.2%

Total debt$42.5B+254%

Total equity$34.2B-43.6%

Total assets$106.68B+8.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$6.7B+3.5%

CapEx$145.0M-19.0%

Free cash flow$6.6B+4.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$128.3B-49.9%

Enterprise value$161.92B-37.0%

P/E16×-25.3×

P/S3×-3.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin77.6%+0.3pp

Operating margin20.4%+1.1pp

Net margin18.7%+2.7pp

FCF margin34.2%+1.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity16.9%+6.6pp

Debt / equity1.2×+1.0×

Current ratio0.8×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Salesforce in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation.

The official record: Salesforce’s 10-Q, filed May 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Salesforce's tax on share settlement?: Salesforce (CRM) reported tax on share settlement of $250M in Q1 2026.
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.