Google's cash income taxes remain U.S.-heavy with limited country detail
Google’s 2025 Form 10-K annual statement includes a country-level breakdown of cash income taxes paid, net of refunds.
The disclosure names only one non-U.S. country and aggregates the remaining foreign payments. Geographic visibility exists, but it remains narrow outside the United States.
Country-level tax picture
Google paid $21.5 billion in cash income taxes in 2025, down from $27.4 billion in 2024. The majority of those payments were made in the United States, with foreign taxes disclosed only at a high level.
The filing identifies one specific foreign jurisdiction and groups the remainder as “Other.”
United States federal: $13.7 billion
United States state and local: $2.9 billion
Brazil: $1.4 billion
Other foreign jurisdictions: $3.6 billion
Google does not name any other countries in the cash tax table. No regional or country detail is provided for the “Other” category.
Concentration and scale
Cash tax payments are concentrated in the United States. U.S. federal and state taxes totaled $1…
