This document lists various tax jurisdictions around the world with no or very low corporate income tax rates. Many are small island nations or overseas territories. The jurisdictions listed have corporate tax rates ranging from 0% to potentially 17% proposed in Vanuatu. Several like the Bahamas, Bermuda, and Cayman Islands have no corporate taxes at all. Others like Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates only tax certain industries like oil and gas.
This document lists various tax jurisdictions around the world with no or very low corporate income tax rates. Many are small island nations or overseas territories. The jurisdictions listed have corporate tax rates ranging from 0% to potentially 17% proposed in Vanuatu. Several like the Bahamas, Bermuda, and Cayman Islands have no corporate taxes at all. Others like Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates only tax certain industries like oil and gas.
This document lists various tax jurisdictions around the world with no or very low corporate income tax rates. Many are small island nations or overseas territories. The jurisdictions listed have corporate tax rates ranging from 0% to potentially 17% proposed in Vanuatu. Several like the Bahamas, Bermuda, and Cayman Islands have no corporate taxes at all. Others like Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates only tax certain industries like oil and gas.
1 Aguilla A British overseas territory in the There are no corporate taxes. Caribbean. 2 Bahamas Located in the continent of the There are no corporate taxes. Caribbean 3 Bahrain Located in the Eastern Coastline This is a zero-tax jurisdiction, of Saudi Arabia in the Persian except for oil, gas and petroleum Gulf. companies. 4 Belize A British colony located on the Belize offshore company (IBC) is Caribbean coast of northern exempt from corporate tax. central America, south of Mexico. 5 Bermuda A British overseas territory in There are no corporate taxes. North Atlantic Ocean 6 British Virgin British overseas territory in the Zero-rated income tax regime for Islands Caribbean, to the east of Puerto all BVI domiciled corporate Rico. entities. 7 Cayman Islands A British overseas territory in the Corporate income taxes are not Caribbean located to the south of imposed. Cuba and Northeast of Honduras. 8 Estonia A country in eastern Europe Earnings are not taxed until bordered by Finland, Sweden, profit distributions are made. Latvia, and Russia. Tax on dividends paid is 14%. 9 Georgia Located on the crossroads of Earnings are not taxed until western Asia and eastern Europe. profit distributions are made. Tax on dividends paid is 15%. 10 Guernsey A British overseas territory in the A standard rate of 0% applies to Caribbean. most companies carrying business on Guernsey. 11 Isle of Man Located in the middle of northern Standard rate of all resident and Irish Sea, almost equidistant from nonresident companies is 0%. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales 12 Jersey British island located near the Standard rate of corporate tax to coast of France. Jersey resident and non-Jersey resident companies is 0% 13 Kuwait A small middle east country Domestic Companies at 0%, located in the northwestern Foreign Companies at 15% corner of the Persian Gulf, nestled between Iraq and Saudi. 14 Latvia A European country bordered by Companies are subject to Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, and corporate income tax only on Belarus. distributed profits. Undistributed profits are not taxed. Rate is 20%. 15 Malta Located in the center of Companies are taxed at a flat Mediterranean sea and is the rate of 35%. However, a refund southernmost European country. system grants shareholder the right to claim a refund and may reduce the effective tax rate to 0% - 10%. 16 Marshall Islands A U.S. associated state near the All offshore companies are equator of the Pacific Ocean. exempted from corporate taxes. 17 Niue An island country in the Pacific Any profits the corporation Ocean, in free-association with makes outside Niue is exempt New Zealand. from taxation. 18 Pitcairn Islands A British territory in South Pacific This is a zero-tax jurisdiction. Ocean. 19 Saint Pierre and In association with France, This is a zero-tax jurisdiction. Miquelon situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, near Canada. 20 Sark A Private agricultural island in the This is a zero-tax jurisdiction. channel Islands, near Guernsey. 21 Tokelau Island territory of New Zealand in This is a zero-tax jurisdiction. the South Pacific Ocean. 22 Turks and Caicos Islands are located southeast of Corporate income tax rate is 0%. Islands Florida USA, roughly midway between Bahamas and Dominican Republic United Arab Located in Middle East bordering Corporate income tax is 0% Emirates Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf. except for oil and gas companies and subsidiaries of foreign banks. Vanuatu Located in South Pacific Ocean. Currently no corporate tax. But there is a proposal of levying a 17% corporate tax.