Discontinued — last reported Q1 '20
Deferred Tax Liabilities
Non-Current LiabilitiesMicrosoft Deferred Tax Liabilities increased by 0.8% to $2.88B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 14.4%, from $2.51B to $2.88B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred Tax Liabilities shows an upward trend with a 75.2% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementBalance Sheet Statement
SectionNon-Current Liabilities
CategoryRisk
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ4 2008
Last reportedQ1 2020
How to read this metric
An increase suggests the company is deferring cash tax payments to future periods, while a decrease indicates those taxes are being settled.
Detailed definition
Tax amounts that are owed but not yet paid due to temporary differences between accounting rules and tax laws. These oft...
Peer comparison
Common across capital-intensive tech firms that utilize accelerated depreciation for tax purposes on server infrastructure.
Metric ID:
deferred_tax_liabilitiesHistorical Data
19 periods
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $198.00M | $212.00M | $199.00M | $304.00M | $230.00M | $223.00M | $289.00M | $302.00M | $433.00M | $470.00M | $2.55B | $2.47B | $2.62B | $2.58B | $2.51B | $2.52B | $2.84B | $2.85B | $2.88B |
| QoQ Change | — | +7.1% | -6.1% | +52.8% | -24.3% | -3.0% | +29.6% | +4.5% | +43.4% | +8.5% | +442.1% | -3.1% | +6.0% | -1.4% | -2.6% | +0.4% | +12.4% | +0.6% | +0.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +16.2% | +5.2% | +45.2% | -0.7% | +88.3% | +110.8% | +781.7% | +717.5% | +504.6% | +449.1% | -1.4% | +2.1% | +8.3% | +10.5% | +14.4% |
Range$198.00M – $2.88B
CAGR+81.2%
Avg YoY Growth+183.5%
Median YoY Growth+16.2%
Current Streak4 quarters growth
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Microsoft's deferred tax liabilities?
- Microsoft (MSFT) reported deferred tax liabilities of $2.88B in Q4 2025.
- How has Microsoft's deferred tax liabilities changed year-over-year?
- Microsoft's deferred tax liabilities increased by 14.4% year-over-year, from $2.51B to $2.88B.
- What is the long-term trend for Microsoft's deferred tax liabilities?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Microsoft's deferred tax liabilities has grown at a 75.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $174.00M to $2.88B.
- What does deferred tax liabilities mean?
- Taxes that the company will have to pay in the future because of current accounting timing differences.