Azores or Kuwait: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: Kuwait, ahead by 3.5 FiScore points.

Tax Azores Kuwait Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 14% 15% −1.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 36.2% 0% +36.2 points
VAT standard rate 18% 0% +18.0 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Azores

General regional regime 14%
SMEs: first 50,000 euros of profit 11.9%

Kuwait

Foreign-owned companies on foreign profit share 15%
Gulf companies 1% zakat and specific contributions 0%
Multinational groups revenue over €750 M, from 2025 15%
See the Azores page See the Kuwait page