Azores or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: Azores, ahead by 0.2 FiScore point.

Tax Azores United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 14% 21% −7.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 36.2% 10% to 37% −0.8 points
VAT standard rate 18% 11.73% +6.3 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Azores

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

United States

Federal tax 21%
State tax 0% to over 9% depending on the state n/a
See the Azores page See the United States page