What is Mastercard's income tax?

Mastercard (MA) reported income tax of $930M in Q1 2026.

How has Mastercard's income tax changed year-over-year?

Mastercard's income tax increased by 23.8% year-over-year, from $751M to $930M.

What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's income tax?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's income tax has grown at a 22.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.62B to $3.61B.

What does income tax mean?

Total income tax expense (current + deferred) recognized in the income statement, representing the company's total tax obligation on pre-tax income.

Mastercard MA Income Tax

Income Tax at other companies

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$807M+8.2%

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$1.15B+33.9%

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

$280M-11.4%

Pathward Financial, Inc.CASH

$14.17M-12.3%

U.S. BancorpUSB

$469M+5.9%

Capital One FinancialCOF

$518M+59.4%

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$432B-10.7%

Enterprise value$443.06B-10.5%

P/E27.8×-9.1×

P/S12.7×-3.9×

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:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.

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 income tax?: Mastercard (MA) reported income tax of $930M in Q1 2026.
How has Mastercard's income tax changed year-over-year?: Mastercard's income tax increased by 23.8% year-over-year, from $751M to $930M.
What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's income tax?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's income tax has grown at a 22.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.62B to $3.61B.
What does income tax mean?: Total income tax expense (current + deferred) recognized in the income statement, representing the company's total tax obligation on pre-tax income.