THE REVENUE SIDE / IRS STATISTICS OF INCOME
Who pays the bill? Follow federal income taxes through income groups, filing addresses, and public-company reports. Every number has a scope. Every scope has a limit.
23 tax years by income50 + DC state comparisons27,588 published ZIP codes
03 / THE COMPANY LEDGER Who pays the most? 13 major companies · 39 company-years · primary filings linked throughout
Data & model guide 01 / REPORTED Company income taxes Cash and expense, straight from filings 02 / MODELED The employee tax footprint Change the assumptions. See the scale.
Find a company Company fiscal year2026 2025 2024 2023 Reported measureU.S. federal cash income taxes Worldwide cash income taxes U.S. federal current tax expense 8 / 13 matching companies have this measure for the selected fiscal year. Ranking is within this research set only.
Within-set rank / company U.S. federal cash income taxes
01 Alphabet GOOGL · 2025-12-31 $13.66B Reported 02 Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B · 2025-12-31 $11.75B Reported 03 Meta META · 2025-12-31 $4.12B Reported 04 Amazon AMZN · 2025-12-31 $2.75B Reported 05 Verizon VZ · 2025-12-31 $2.24B Reported 06 Target TGT · 2026-01-31 · includes credit purchases $781.00M Reported 07 Tesla TSLA · 2025-12-31 $28.00M Reported 08 JPMorgan Chase JPM · 2025-12-31 −$1.10B Net refund — Apple AAPL · 2025-09-27 Not captured Not zero — Costco COST · 2025-08-31 Not captured Not zero — Microsoft MSFT · 2025-06-30 Not captured Not zero — NVIDIA NVDA · 2025-01-26 Not captured Not zero — Walmart WMT · 2025-01-31 Not captured Not zero 13 selected major public companies across technology, retail, finance, conglomerates and telecom. Rankings apply only to captured observations, not all US corporations. Fiscal years differ; see exact period ends. Cash, accounting expense and modeled employee income taxes are separate measures. Missing values are null; net refunds remain negative. Purposeful research set of major issuers with reviewed primary reports, not a statistical sample or a complete market-cap/revenue index.
↑ Back to comparison Microsoft / FY 2025 · ENDED 2025-06-30
Cash and accounting U.S. federal cash income taxes Not captured Reported federal cash measure; negative values are net refunds.
Worldwide cash income taxes $28.70B Across jurisdictions. See source notes for payment basis.
U.S. federal current tax expense $14.09B Current accounting provision. Not cash paid.
Missing measures have not been captured from the selected source; they are not assumed to be zero.
2025 annual report, Note 11 — Income Taxes · reviewed 2026-09-06 CIK 0000789019
Microsoft · captured observations · USD Fiscal year / period end Federal cash Worldwide cash Federal current expense 2023 / 2023-06-30 Not captured $23.10B $14.01B 2024 / 2024-06-30 Not captured $23.40B $12.17B 2025 / 2025-06-30 Not captured $28.70B $14.09B
What this comparison can—and cannot—tell you Cash payments can move sharply because of refunds, settlements, deferred payment schedules and tax-credit rules. One year is not a long-run tax burden. The list is a reviewed research set, not all top companies or a national taxpayer ranking.
To expand systematically, use SEC XBRL cash-tax disclosures with filing context and human review of jurisdiction-specific tax notes. Private companies and missing disclosures remain coverage gaps. Employee modeling additionally needs U.S. workforce, taxable compensation and tax-situation assumptions.
SEC bulk disclosure datasets ↗ · Download the reviewed observations ↗ Know what you’re counting. Returns, not people. A joint return can represent two spouses. Nonfilers are absent. Income rank is based on adjusted gross income, not wealth.
Liability, not Treasury cash receipts. Tax-year IRS statistics and fiscal-year budget receipts have different timing and coverage. Do not sum or reconcile these tables as if they were one ledger.
Income tax, not all taxes. Payroll, sales, property, excise and other taxes change the picture. Zero federal income tax does not mean zero taxes paid.
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