Italy vs United States: Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate
Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate over time
- Italy
- United States
How they compare
Italy currently reports 20.2 Percentage of taxable income against 19.93 Percentage of taxable income in United States, a difference of 0.27 Percentage of taxable income.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2019 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 10th and United States ranks 13th of 50 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and United States in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.33 Percentage of taxable income | 20.24 Percentage of taxable income | 0.09 Percentage of taxable income | Italy |
| 2020s | 16.05 Percentage of taxable income | 20.79 Percentage of taxable income | 4.73 Percentage of taxable income | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate, Italy or United States?
- Italy, at 20.2 Percentage of taxable income against 19.93 Percentage of taxable income in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate between Italy and United States?
- 0.27 Percentage of taxable income, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and United States?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2019 to 2025.
- How do Italy and United States rank globally for effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - corporate?
- Italy ranks 10th and United States ranks 13th of 50 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Effective tax rates for expenditure based tax incentives - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table reports synthetic tax policy indicators that capture the effect of expenditure-based R&D tax incentives on firms’ investment costs: The EATR for R&D measures the impact of taxation on R&D investments that earn an economic profit. the user cost of capital for R&D measures the return that a firm needs to realise on an R&D investment before tax to offset all costs and taxes that arise from the investment, making zero economic profit. Further methodological information is available in the explanatory annex.