Germany or Japan: which taxes less?

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

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

Japan

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Tax Germany Japan Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 29.65% 29.74% −0.1 points
Personal income tax top bracket 14% to 47.48% 15.11% to 55.95% −8.5 points
VAT standard rate 19% 10% +9.0 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Germany

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 Germany page See the Japan page