Tax burden calculator
Estimate a simplified business tax burden — corporate, dividend withholding, and VAT — from verified country data.
Methodology
Simplified estimate. Applies the country's headline corporate income tax rate to entered profit, the default dividend withholding rate to any entered distribution, and the standard VAT rate to entered VAT-taxable revenue. It does NOT model deductions, exemptions, loss carry-forward, social insurance, treaty relief, registration thresholds, reduced VAT rates, or local/municipal taxes. Use it for orientation only — not tax advice.
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These calculations are informational estimates based on headline rates and transparent assumptions — not tax, accounting, or legal advice. Verify with a qualified local advisor before relying on the results.
Data limitations
- Corporate tax figures apply the headline statutory rate only — they exclude deductions, loss carry-forward, incentives, local surtaxes, and effective-rate timing.
- Estimates use headline rates; your effective rate depends on deductions, incentives, timing, and local taxes specific to your business.
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Sources
- OECD — OECD — economic and tax statistics (accessed ; reviewed )Covers: Comparable corporate tax, statutory rate, and economic indicators across member and partner economies.Does not cover: Effective tax rates, deductions and incentives, local surtaxes, and personal residency rules.Why it matters: Used as a cross-country baseline to sanity-check rates against primary tax-authority figures.Review cadence: Annual, plus on major statutory changes.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers — PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries (accessed ; reviewed )Covers: Corporate income tax, VAT, and dividend withholding rates across most covered jurisdictions.Does not cover: Your specific effective rate, bespoke incentives, rulings, or transactions requiring professional advice.Why it matters: Used to triangulate rates against primary tax-authority sources, not as the sole authority.Review cadence: Updated by the publisher per tax year; re-checked each data review.
- European Commission — European Commission — policy and country information (accessed ; reviewed )Covers: EU policy framework including the VAT One-Stop-Shop and single-market rules.Does not cover: Member-state-specific reduced rates, national thresholds, or non-EU jurisdictions.Why it matters: Used for EU/EEA market-access and VAT-OSS framing referenced across rankings and guides.Review cadence: On policy change; re-checked each data review.
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