FORM 10-K (Mark One)☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 or ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period fromto Commission File Number: 001-36694 Protara Therapeutics, Inc.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submittedpursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that theregistrant was required to submit such files). Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reportingcompany” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period forcomplying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registeredpublic accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of theregistrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐No☒ As of June 30, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market valueof the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $112.3 million, based on the closing priceof the registrant’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on June 30, 2025 of $3.03 per share. As of March 5, 2026, 54,084,378 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, were outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by April 30, 2026 areincorporated by reference into Part III of this report. PROTARA THERAPEUTICS, INC. TABLE OF CONTENTS FORM 10-KFor the Year Ended December 31, 2025 PagePART IItem 1.Business4Item 1A.Risk Factors38Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments75Item 1C.Cybersecurity75Item 2.Properties77Item 3.Legal Proceedings77Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures77PART IIItem 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities78Item 6.Reserved78Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations79Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk84Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data85Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure114Item 9A.Controls and Procedures114Item 9B.Other Information115Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections115PART IIIItem 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance116Item 11.Executive Compensation116Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters116Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence116Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services116PART IVItem 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules117Item 16.Form 10-K Summary120 PART I FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the sections entitled “Business,” “Risk Fac