Ukraine or United States: which taxes less?

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

Lighter: Ukraine, ahead by 0.8 FiScore point.

Tax Ukraine United States Gap
Corporate income tax headline rate 18% 21% −3.0 points
Personal income tax top bracket 19.5% 10% to 37% −17.5 points
VAT standard rate 20% 11.73% +8.3 points

Detailed schedules

Corporate income tax

Ukraine

General rate 18%
Financial institutions Excluding insurance, from 2025 25%
Banks Temporary profit tax 50%

United States

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