Maldives or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: Maldives, ahead by 2.3 FiScore points.

Tax Maldives United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 15% 21% −6.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 15% 10% to 37% −22.0 points
VAT standard rate 6% 11.73% −5.7 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Maldives

Profit over 500,000 MVR 15%
Profit up to 500,000 MVR 0%
Banks on total profit 25%

United States

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