Afghanistan or United States: which taxes less?

Both tax systems side by side, headline rates and the gap between them.

Lighter: Afghanistan, ahead by 1.6 FiScore point.

Tax Afghanistan United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 20% 21% −1.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 20% 10% to 37% −17.0 points
VAT standard rate 5% 11.73% −6.7 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Afghanistan

Legal entities Article 4 of the income tax law 20%

United States

Federal tax 21%
State tax 0% to over 9% depending on the state n/a

Personal income tax

Afghanistan

Up to 5,000 AFN per month Monthly scale of Article 4 0%
5,001 to 12,500 AFN 2%
12,501 to 100,000 AFN Plus 150 AFN fixed amount 10%
Over 100,000 AFN Plus 8,900 AFN fixed amount 20%

United States

n/a

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