v3.26.1
Income Tax Expense (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
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Detail of Income Tax Expense
The detail of income tax expense for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024 was as follows:
 
    
For the fiscal year ended March 31,
 
    
2026
    
2025
   
2024
 
                     
    
(In millions)
 
Current tax:
       
Charge for period
(1)
   ¥ 512,585      ¥ 448,761     ¥ 368,050  
Deferred tax:
       
Origination and reversal of temporary differences
     (143,209 )
 
     (296,451     (53,813
Change in the write-down of deferred tax assets on the current fiscal year income tax expense
     (9,306 )      1,541       (2,198
Changes in Japanese corporation tax rates
(2)
            (16,049      
  
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total deferred tax benefit
     (152,515 )      (310,959     (56,011
  
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total income tax expense
   ¥ 360,070      ¥   137,802     ¥ 312,039  
  
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
(1)
As a result of the adoption of IFRS 9, the current income tax expenses of ¥144,680 million, ¥135,771 million and ¥71,524 million were recognized directly in equity for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
(2)
Refer to Note 23 “Deferred Income Tax” for additional information on changes in Japanese corporation tax rates.
Reconciliations of Effective Income Tax Rates
The following table shows the reconciliations of the effective income tax rates for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024.
 
    
For the fiscal year ended March 31,
 
    
2026
    
2025
    
2024
 
                      
    
(In millions, except percentages)
 
Profit before tax
   ¥ 1,555,030     ¥ 654,246      ¥ 1,207,789  
Income tax expense
     360,070        137,802        312,039  
Effective income tax rate
     23.2%        21.1%        25.8%  
Effective statutory tax rate in Japan
(1)
     30.6%        30.6%        30.6%  
Tax impact of share of
post-tax
profit in associates and joint ventures
     (2.6% )      (6.7%      (4.1%
Tax impact of impairment losses and reversal of impairment losses for investments in associates and joint ventures—net
     (1.8% )      6.2%        2.3%  
Non-Japanese
earnings
     (1.8% )      (5.7%      (1.6%
Nontaxable dividends received
     (0.7% )      (2.7%      (1.1%
Effect of the change in the write-down of deferred tax assets on the current fiscal year income tax expense
     (0.6% )      0.2%        (0.2%
Gains on step acquisition of subsidiaries and associates and joint ventures which were not taxable
 
 
0.2%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Changes in Japanese corporation tax rates
(1)
 
 
 
 
 
(2.5%
 
 
 
Tax impact of impairment losses of goodwill
 
 
 
 
 
0.4%
 
 
 
 
Others—net
     (0.1%      1.3%        (0.1%
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Effective income tax rate
     23.2%        21.1%        25.8%  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
(1)
The effective statutory tax rate in Japan for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024 is the aggregate of the effective corporation tax rate of 23.2%, the effective local corporation tax rate of 2.4%, the effective inhabitant tax rate of 2.4% and the effective enterprise tax rate of 2.6%, all of which are payable by corporate entities on taxable profits under the tax laws in Japan. The statutory tax rate in Japan has been changed from the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2026 reflecting the changes in Japanese corporation tax rates as mentioned in Note 23 “Deferred Income Tax.”