Malaysia or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: Malaysia, ahead by 0.3 FiScore point.

Tax Malaysia United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 24% 21% +3.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 30% 10% to 37% −7.0 points
VAT standard rate 10% 11.73% −1.7 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Malaysia

n/a

United States

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