A chronology of countries that have adopted a flat tax, indicating the year of adoption, the personal income tax rate, and the corporate income tax rate appears below.
| Flat Tax Jurisdictions | |||
| Jurisdiction | Year of Implementation | Personal Tax Rate Percent | Corporate Tax Rate Percent |
| Jersey | 1940 | 20 | 20 |
| Hong Kong | 1947 | 16 | 17.5 |
| Guernsey | 1960 | 20 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 1986 | 25 | 33.3 |
| Estonia | 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| Latvia | 1995 | 25 | 15 |
| Lithuania | 1996 | 24 | 15 |
| Russia | 2001 | 13 | 24 |
| Serbia | 2003 | 14 | 10 |
| Iraq | 2004 | 15 | 15 |
| Slovakia | 2004 | 19 | 19 |
| Ukraine | 2004 | 15 | 25 |
| Georgia | 2005 | 12 | 20 |
| Romania | 2005 | 16 | 16 |
| Turkmenistan | 2005 | 10 | 20 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 2006 | 25 | 25 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2006 | 10 | 10 |
| Albania | 2007 | 10 | 20 |
| Iceland | 2007 | 35.7 | 18 |
| Macedonia | 2007 | 10 | 10 |
| Mongolia | 2007 | 10 | 10,25 |
| Montenegro | 2007 | 9 | 9 |
| Kazakhstan | 2007 | 10 | 15 |
| Pridnestrovie | 2007 | 10 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2008 | 10 | 10 |
| Czech Republic | 2008 | 15 | 15 |
| Mauritius | 2009 | 15 | 15 |
| FBiH | 2009 | 10 | 10 |
| Belarus | 2009 | 12 | 24 |
| Belize | 2009 | 25 | 25 |
A few comments on the table are in order. All but the first four entries were implemented after the collapse of the Soviet empire, most being former states within the Soviet Union. The spread of the flat tax was contagious, as one country after another enacted flat taxes to maintain competitiveness with neighboring countries to attract both foreign and domestic investment.
The more recent entries in the table have tended to enact very low flat rates, with the modal rate at 10 percent. Thirteen have unified their personal and corporate income rates, with the others maintaining different rates between personal and corporate tax rates.
6 comments:
Iceland doesn't have flat tax anymore. From 2010 it has 3 rates: 24.1%, 27% and 33%.
https://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-Global/Local%20Assets/Documents/Tax/Intl%20Tax%20and%20Business%20Guides/2010/dtt_tax_highlight_2010_Iceland.pdf
I strongly support simplifying the US tax code, but I am against a flat tax.
I find it interesting that out of the countries list with a flat tax, the only ones I recognize with a vibrant private economy are Belize and Hong Kong. Iceland did have an thriving economy, but its rise and subsequent fall, likely had nothing to do with their now canceled flat tax policy.
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As a poor person, I am against a tax that would make me pay more tax. I pay little to no tax now on my tiny income. Under a flat tax, I would have to cough up thousands. And who benefits? Just the rich and corporations.
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I see that you don't really understand what flat tax is. If you don't pay now any income taxes, then you won't need to pay it under flat tax;)
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