Finland or Japan: which taxes less?

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

Level pegging: Finland and Japan weigh about the same on the taxpayer.

Japan

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Tax Finland Japan Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 20% 29.74% −9.7 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 52% 15.11% to 55.95% −4.0 points
VAT standard rate 25.5% 10% +15.5 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Finland

n/a

Japan

Combined effective rate national, prefectural and municipal 29.74%
National tax 23.2%
SMEs, first bracket capital up to 100 million yen 15%
See the Finland page See the Japan page