The chart above displays the quarterly general and administrative expenses of Alphabet Inc from 2020 to 2023. In the first quarter of 2023, the company’s G&A expenses were $3.76 billion compared to $3.374 billion in the same quarter of the prior year.
General and Administrative expenses of Alphabet (Quarterly) 2014 – 2023
Amounts in millions.
| FY 2023 | G&A Expenses (millions) |
| Q1 | $3,759 |
In the first quarter of 2023, the G&A expenses of Alphabet Inc increased by $385 million compared to the same quarter in the prior year.
| FY 2022 | G&A Expenses (millions) |
| Q1 | $3,374 |
| Q2 | $3,657 |
| Q3 | $3,597 |
| Q4 | $5,096 |
| Total | $15,724 |
The general and administrative expenses of Alphabet Inc grew by $2.2 billion in 2022 compared to the prior year. In 2023, the G& A expenses of Alphabet were $15.724 billion compared to $$13.51 billion in the previous year. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the G&A expenses were $5.1 billion compared to $4.1 billion in the same quarter of the prior year.
| FY 2021 | G&A expenses ($ millions) |
| Q1 | $2,773 |
| Q2 | $3,341 |
| Q3 | $3,256 |
| Q4 | $4,140 |
| Total | $13,510 |
According to Alphabet Inc’s annual report for 2021, “General and administrative expenses increased $2.5 billion from 2020 to 2021. The increase was primarily driven
by a $1.7 billion increase in charges relating to legal matters and a $664 million increase in compensation expenses,
largely resulting from a 14% increase in headcount. These increases were partially offset by a reduction in expense of
$808 million related to a decline in allowance for credit losses for accounts receivable, as 2020 reflected a higher
allowance related to the economic effect of COVID-19.”
| FY 2020 | G&A expenses ($millions) |
| Q1 | $2,880 |
| Q2 | $2,585 |
| Q3 | $2,756 |
| Q4 | $2,831 |
| Total | $11,052 |
| FY 2019 | G&A expenses (millions) |
| Q1 | $2,088 |
| Q2 | $2,043 |
| Q3 | $2,591 |
| Q4 | $2,829 |
| Total | $9,551 |
The General and administrative expenses of Alphabet in 2019 grew to $9.6 billion rising from $6.9 billion last year.
| FY 2018 | G&A expenses (millions) |
| Q1 | $1,403 |
| Q2 | $1,764 |
| Q3 | $1,753 |
| Q4 | $2,003 |
| Total | $6,923 |
| FY 2017 | G&A Expenses (millions) |
| Q1 | $1,801 |
| Q2 | $1,700 |
| Q3 | $1,595 |
| Q4 | $1,776 |
| FY 2016 | G&A Expenses (millions) |
| Q1 | $1,513 |
| Q2 | $1,624 |
| Q3 | $1,824 |
| Q4 | $2,024 |
| FY 2015 | G&A Expenses (millions) |
| Q1 | $1,637 |
| Q2 | $1,450 |
| Q3 | $1,477 |
| Q4 | $1,572 |
| FY 2014 | G&A expenses (millions) |
| Q1 | $1,489 |
| Q2 | $1,404 |
| Q3 | $1,365 |
| Q4 | $1,593 |
About Alphabet:
Alphabet is the parent company of Google. It has its headquarters located at Mountain View California, United States.
Apart from its google search engine and advertising products, Alphabet offers a vast range of products including Cloud services and other services like Chrome Browser and Google Maps.
The CEO of Alphabet is Sundar Pichai. Alphabet’s main source of revenue if digital advertising followed by cloud services. It also owns YouTube and some other businesses that are collectively called Other Bets
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