Japan or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: United States, ahead by 1.9 FiScore point.

Japan

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Tax Japan United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 29.74% 21% +8.7 points
Personal income tax top bracket 15.11% to 55.95% 10% to 37% +19.0 points
VAT standard rate 10% 11.73% −1.7 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Japan

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

United States

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