SBA Communications Taxes Paid increased by 126.4% to $44.73M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 500.2%, from $7.45M to $44.73M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Taxes Paid shows an upward trend with a 19.9% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
High cash taxes relative to earnings may indicate limited tax planning opportunities or specific jurisdictional tax requirements.
The actual cash outflow for income taxes during the period, which may differ from the tax expense reported on the income...
Comparable across peers in the same tax jurisdictions; useful for calculating effective cash tax rates.
income_taxes_paid| 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 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $9.38M | $4.39M | $5.42M | $5.70M | $8.36M | $4.79M | $13.47M | $7.00M | $9.16M | $4.13M | $5.29M | $7.42M | $9.80M | $8.76M | $16.44M | $7.45M | $15.76M | $9.81M | $19.75M | $44.73M |
| QoQ Change | — | -53.2% | +23.4% | +5.2% | +46.8% | -42.8% | +181.4% | -48.0% | +30.8% | -54.9% | +28.0% | +40.2% | +32.1% | -10.5% | +87.6% | -54.7% | +111.5% | -37.8% | +101.4% | +126.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -10.8% | +9.1% | +148.8% | +22.9% | +9.5% | -13.7% | -60.7% | +6.0% | +7.0% | +112.1% | +210.7% | +0.5% | +60.9% | +11.9% | +20.2% | +500.2% |