Spain or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: United States, ahead by 1.6 FiScore point.

Spain

3.5/10

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Tax Spain United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 23% to 25% 21% +4.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 47% 10% to 37% +10.0 points
VAT standard rate 21% 11.73% +9.3 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Spain

n/a

United States

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

Personal income tax

Spain

National withholding scale Highest marginal rate of national scale 47%
With highest regional share Actual rate depends on autonomous community of residence 54%

United States

n/a

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