Suriname or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: United States, ahead by 1.2 FiScore point.

Tax Suriname United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 36% 21% +15.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 0% to 38% 10% to 37% +1.0 points
VAT standard rate 10% 11.73% −1.7 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Suriname

Legal entities Article 36 of the income tax law 36%
Business cessation or liquidation On request, article 34 paragraph 4 25%

United States

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

Personal income tax

Suriname

Up to 108,000 SRD Article 34 scale 0%
108,001 to 150,000 SRD 8%
150,001 to 192,000 SRD 18%
192,001 to 234,000 SRD 28%
Over 234,000 SRD 38%

United States

n/a

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