Ghana 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.

Ghana

4.7/10

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Tax Ghana United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 25% 21% +4.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 35% 10% to 37% −2.0 points
VAT standard rate 15% 11.73% +3.3 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Ghana

General rate 25%
Upstream mining and oil 35%
Hospitality 22%
Banks lending to agriculture 20%
Non-traditional exports 8%

United States

Federal tax 21%
State tax 0% to over 9% depending on the state n/a
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