Ecuador or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: United States, ahead by 0.4 FiScore point.

Tax Ecuador United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 25% 21% +4.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 37% 10% to 37% Same rate
VAT standard rate 12% 11.73% +0.3 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Ecuador

General rate 25%
Shareholder in privileged tax jurisdiction or undeclared holding structure 28%
Reinvested profit 22%

United States

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