Explanation of Tax Rate Percentage:

The Tax Rate Percentage is an estimation of the tax rate imposed on the company. A measurement of the Tax Rate Percentage over time can be used to determine how well the company is able to contain its tax expenses.

Importance of Tax Rate Percentage:

A decreasing Tax Rate Percentage is generally a positive sign, but you will need to investigate why this is occurring.  Some possible reasons could be the company has moved some of its operations to an area with a different tax rate, or the company is able to record a different value for the Income Tax than the income tax it actually had to pay. The tax rate imposed on a company does not usually change much, and any change needs to be researched further as this can be an indicator of large changes occurring within a company.