Here are the countries with the lowest personal income tax rate (for the maximum tiered income slab) and a few with the highest,
Anguilla 0%
Bahamas 0%
Bahrain 0%
Bermuda 0%
Brunei Darussalam 0%
Cayman Islands 0%
France 0%
Kuwait 0%
Oman 0%
Qatar 0%
Saudi Arabia 0%
United Arab Emirates 0%
Guatemala 7%
Montenegro 9%
Hong Kong SAR 15%
United States 39.6%
Australia 45%
Germany 45%
United Kingdom 45%
Finland 54%
Austria 55%
Denmark 55.79%
Japan 55.95%
Aruba 58.95%
Sweden 61.85%
And here are the countries with the lowest sales tax/value added tax rate and a few with the highest,
Afghanistan 0%
Bahrain 0%
Bermuda 0%
Cayman Islands 0%
Gibraltar 0%
Guernsey 0%
Hong Kong SAR 0%
Iraq 0%
Kuwait 0%
Libya 0%
Macau 0%
Oman 0%
Qatar 0%
Syria 0%
United States 0%
Aruba 1.5%
Canada 5%
Singapore 7%
Japan 8%
Australia 10%
United Kingdom 20%
Croatia 25%
Denmark 25%
Norway 25%
Sweden 25%
Hungary 27%
“People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can’t live within its income.” – Robert Half