Rwanda or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: United States, ahead by 0.5 FiScore point.

Tax Rwanda United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 28% 21% +7.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 30% 10% to 37% −7.0 points
VAT standard rate 18% 11.73% +6.3 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Rwanda

General regime 28%
Kigali International Financial Centre approved activities, up to full exemption 3%

United States

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