What is Mastercard's deferred taxes?

Mastercard (MA) reported deferred taxes of $193M in Q1 2026.

How has Mastercard's deferred taxes changed year-over-year?

Mastercard's deferred taxes increased by 421.6% year-over-year, from $37M to $193M.

What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's deferred taxes?

Over 3 years (2021 to 2024), Mastercard's deferred taxes has grown at a 96.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$69M to -$527M.

What does deferred taxes mean?

Non-cash deferred tax expense or benefit representing the change in deferred tax assets/liabilities during the period.

Mastercard MA Deferred Taxes

Deferred Taxes at other companies

American ExpressAXP

$145M+825%

VisaV

$453M+465%

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

-$290M-4,733%

Pathward Financial, Inc.CASH

-$2.86M+71.2%

Capital One FinancialCOF

$244M-6.9%

ACI WorldwideACIW

$6.33M+357%

Segments

By segment

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Payment Solutions$930M+23.8%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.4B+15.8%

Operating income$4.9B+18.3%

Net income$3.9B+18.4%

EPS (diluted)$4.35+21.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$7.9B+4.4%

Total debt$19.0B+0.8%

Total equity$6.7B+0.7%

Total assets$52.4B+8.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$3.0B+26.0%

CapEx$154.0M-3.1%

Free cash flow$2.8B+28.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$453.81B-9.1%

Enterprise value$464.86B-8.7%

P/E29.2×-7.6×

P/S13.4×-3.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin57.9%+2.4pp

Net margin45.9%+0.7pp

FCF margin52.4%+0.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity232.6%+43.6pp

Debt / equity2.8×0.0×

Current ratio1×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Mastercard in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.

The official record: Mastercard’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Mastercard's deferred taxes?: Mastercard (MA) reported deferred taxes of $193M in Q1 2026.
How has Mastercard's deferred taxes changed year-over-year?: Mastercard's deferred taxes increased by 421.6% year-over-year, from $37M to $193M.
What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's deferred taxes?: Over 3 years (2021 to 2024), Mastercard's deferred taxes has grown at a 96.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$69M to -$527M.
What does deferred taxes mean?: Non-cash deferred tax expense or benefit representing the change in deferred tax assets/liabilities during the period.