Canada or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: United States, ahead by 2.2 FiScore points.

Tax Canada United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 9% to 31% 21% +10.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 19% to 54% 10% to 37% +17.0 points
VAT standard rate 15% 11.73% +3.3 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Canada

n/a

United States

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