JABIL INCJBL
JABIL INC Income Taxes Disclosure
Income Taxes
Provision for Income Taxes
Income (loss) before income tax expense is summarized below (in millions):
| Fiscal Year Ended August 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Domestic | $ | (255) | $ | (366) | $ | (315) | |||||||||||
| Foreign | 1,147 | 2,117 | 1,577 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 892 | $ | 1,751 | $ | 1,262 | |||||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) is summarized below (in millions):
| Fiscal Year Ended August 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Current: | |||||||||||||||||
Domestic – federal | $ | (16) | $ | — | $ | 1 | |||||||||||
Domestic – state | 15 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Foreign | 356 | 442 | 350 | ||||||||||||||
| Total current | 355 | 447 | 353 | ||||||||||||||
| Deferred: | |||||||||||||||||
Domestic – federal | (15) | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Domestic – state | (5) | (2) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Foreign | (100) | (94) | 89 | ||||||||||||||
| Total deferred | (120) | (84) | 91 | ||||||||||||||
| Total income tax expense | $ | 235 | $ | 363 | $ | 444 | |||||||||||
Reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate is summarized below:
| Fiscal Year Ended August 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. federal statutory income tax rate | 21.0 | % | 21.0 | % | 21.0 | % | |||||||||||
| State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit | 0.6 | (0.3) | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||
Impact of foreign tax rates(1) | (2.0) | 0.1 | (1.8) | ||||||||||||||
| Permanent differences | (0.3) | 0.5 | (0.5) | ||||||||||||||
Income tax credits(1) | (1.7) | (0.7) | (0.5) | ||||||||||||||
Valuation allowance(2) | 1.0 | 3.5 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Equity compensation | 1.1 | (0.4) | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Impact of intercompany charges and dividends | 1.9 | (0.7) | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||
Change in indefinite reinvestment assertion(3) | 0.3 | 0.4 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||
Divestiture of businesses(4) | 2.3 | (5.9) | — | ||||||||||||||
| Other, net | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Effective income tax rate | 26.4 | % | 20.7 | % | 35.2 | % | |||||||||||
(1)The Company has been granted tax incentives for various subsidiaries in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Brazil, and Israel, which primarily expire at various dates through fiscal year 2030 and are subject to certain conditions with which the Company expects to comply. Tax incentives resulted in a tax benefit of approximately $75 million ($0.68 per basic weighted average shares outstanding), $54 million ($0.44 per basic weighted average shares outstanding) and $74 million ($0.56 per basic weighted average shares outstanding) during the fiscal years ended August 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
(2)For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, the valuation allowance change was primarily due to the change in deferred tax assets for sites with existing valuation allowances.
(3)As a result of certain operations being classified as held for sale, the Company made a change to its indefinite reinvestment assertions for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023.
(4)For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, the divestiture of businesses is primarily related to the divestiture of the Italy operations. For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2024, the divestiture of businesses was related to the sale of the Mobility Business.
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
Significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are summarized below (in millions):
| August 31, 2025 | August 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Deferred tax assets: | |||||||||||
| Net operating loss carryforwards | $ | 227 | $ | 183 | |||||||
| Inventories | 28 | 18 | |||||||||
| Compensated absences | 16 | 14 | |||||||||
| Accrued expenses | 131 | 109 | |||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment | 34 | 2 | |||||||||
| Domestic tax credits | 22 | 45 | |||||||||
| Foreign jurisdiction tax credits | 5 | 9 | |||||||||
| Equity compensation | 8 | 11 | |||||||||
| Domestic interest carryforwards | 11 | 19 | |||||||||
| Capital loss carryforwards | 32 | 26 | |||||||||
| Revenue recognition | 49 | 27 | |||||||||
| Operating and finance lease liabilities | 35 | 40 | |||||||||
| Other | 45 | 39 | |||||||||
| Total deferred tax assets before valuation allowances | 643 | 542 | |||||||||
| Less valuation allowances | (400) | (368) | |||||||||
| Net deferred tax assets | $ | 243 | $ | 174 | |||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries | $ | 38 | $ | 83 | |||||||
| Intangible assets | 49 | 29 | |||||||||
| Operating lease assets | 91 | 81 | |||||||||
| Other | 4 | 28 | |||||||||
| Total deferred tax liabilities | $ | 182 | $ | 221 | |||||||
| Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) | $ | 61 | $ | (47) | |||||||
Based on the Company’s historical operating income, projection of future taxable income, scheduled reversal of taxable temporary differences, and tax planning strategies, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefit of its deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances recorded.
As of August 31, 2025, the Company intends to indefinitely reinvest the remaining earnings from its foreign subsidiaries for which a deferred tax liability has not already been recorded. The accumulated earnings are the most significant component of the basis difference which is indefinitely reinvested. As of August 31, 2025, the indefinitely reinvested earnings in foreign subsidiaries upon which taxes had not been provided were approximately $1.2 billion. The estimated amount of the unrecognized deferred tax liability on these reinvested earnings was approximately $0.1 billion.
Tax Carryforwards
The amount and expiration dates of income tax net operating loss carryforwards, tax credit carryforwards, and tax capital loss carryforwards, which are available to reduce future taxes, if any, as of August 31, 2025, are as follows (in millions):
| Last Fiscal Year of Expiration | Amount | ||||||||||
Income tax net operating loss carryforwards:(1) | |||||||||||
| Domestic - federal | 2037 or indefinite | $ | 169 | ||||||||
Domestic – state | 2045 or indefinite | $ | 60 | ||||||||
| Foreign | 2035 or indefinite | $ | 680 | ||||||||
Tax credit carryforwards:(1) | |||||||||||
Domestic – federal | 2035 | $ | 18 | ||||||||
Domestic – state | 2039 or indefinite | $ | 4 | ||||||||
Foreign(2) | 2027 | $ | 5 | ||||||||
| Tax capital loss carryforwards: | |||||||||||
Domestic – federal | 2030 | $ | 127 | ||||||||
(1)Net of unrecognized tax benefits.
(2)Calculated based on the deferral method and includes foreign investment tax credits.
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
Reconciliation of the unrecognized tax benefits is summarized below (in millions):
| Fiscal Year Ended August 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 168 | $ | 257 | $ | 253 | |||||||||||
| Additions for tax positions of prior years | 8 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (4) | (21) | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Additions for tax positions related to current year(1) | 14 | 22 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Additions related to acquired entities | 5 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Divestiture of businesses | — | (49) | — | ||||||||||||||
Reductions from lapses in statutes of limitations(2) | (36) | (2) | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Settlements(3) | (13) | (58) | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 142 | $ | 168 | $ | 257 | |||||||||||
Unrecognized tax benefits that would affect the effective tax rate (if recognized) | $ | 89 | $ | 94 | $ | 150 | |||||||||||
(1)The additions for the fiscal years ended August 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 are primarily related to taxation of certain intercompany transactions.
(2)The reductions from lapses in statutes of limitations for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, are primarily related to intercompany transactions and entitlement to tax credits.
(3)Settlements for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2024, primarily relates to the settlement of a U.S. audit.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. The Company’s accrued interest and penalties were approximately $24 million and $17 million as of August 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively. The Company recognized interest and penalties of approximately $2 million, ($14 million) and $3 million during the fiscal years ended August 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
It is reasonably possible that the August 31, 2025, unrecognized tax benefits could decrease during the next 12 months by $16 million, primarily related to lapses in statutes of limitations associated with intercompany transactions.
The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal tax examinations for fiscal years before August 31, 2022. In major non-U.S. and state jurisdictions, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations for fiscal years before August 31, 2015, and August 31, 2009, respectively.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oct 17, 2025 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 2023 | Oct 20, 2023 | |
| 2022 | Oct 25, 2022 | |
| 2021 | Oct 22, 2021 | |
| 2020 | Oct 22, 2020 | |
| 2019 | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| 2018 | Oct 19, 2018 | |
| 2017 | Oct 19, 2017 | |
| 2016 | Oct 20, 2016 | |
| 2015 | Oct 16, 2015 | |
About Income Taxes Disclosures
The income tax disclosure reveals how much a company actually pays in taxes versus what the statutory rate would predict. Analysts focus on the effective tax rate (ETR) reconciliation, which breaks down every item driving the gap between the 21% federal rate and the company's reported ETR — including R&D credits, foreign rate differentials, and state taxes. Deferred tax assets (DTAs) and their valuation allowances signal management's confidence in future profitability: a rising allowance suggests the company doubts it can use accumulated tax benefits. Uncertain tax benefit (UTB) reserves quantify exposure to IRS challenges on aggressive positions.
Key signals to watch: sudden ETR drops without clear operational reasons, large increases in valuation allowances, growing UTB balances, and significant unremitted foreign earnings. Post-TCJA, pay attention to GILTI and BEAT provisions that affect multinational tax structures. Compare the cash taxes paid (from the cash flow statement) against the income tax provision to gauge earnings quality.