Azores or Tonga: which taxes less?

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

Level pegging: Azores and Tonga weigh about the same on the taxpayer.

Tonga

5.3/10

99th of 217

Tax Azores Tonga Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 14% 25% −11.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 36.2% 0% to 25% +11.2 points
VAT standard rate 18% 15% +3.0 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Azores

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

Tonga

n/a

Personal income tax

Azores

n/a

Tonga

Up to 12,000 TOP Scale effective since July 1, 2021 0%
12,001 to 30,000 TOP 10%
30,001 to 50,000 TOP 15%
50,001 to 70,000 TOP 20%
Over 70,000 TOP 25%