Turkmenistan or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: Turkmenistan, ahead by 2.6 FiScore points.

Tax Turkmenistan United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 8% 21% −13.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 10% 10% to 37% −27.0 points
VAT standard rate 15% 11.73% +3.3 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Turkmenistan

Resident private companies 8%
Entities over 50% state-owned 20%
Oil and gas 20%

United States

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