Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average in Japan
Japan: Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average was 26.16 Percentage of taxable income in 2016. ▼ Falling
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Japan, 2000–2016
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
Japan recorded 26.16 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Japan peaked at 35.67 Percentage of taxable income in 2000 and was at its lowest, 26.16 Percentage of taxable income, in 2016.
That places Japan 13th out of 41 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Effective tax rates: Corporate tax statistics … income average in Japan, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35.67 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2001 | 35.67 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 35.67 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 35.67 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 32.29 Percentage of taxable income | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 28.03 Percentage of taxable income | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 26.16 Percentage of taxable income | -6.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 26.16 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.2 Percentage of taxable income, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Japan's 26.16 Percentage of taxable income is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 24.44 Percentage of taxable income, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.97 Percentage of taxable income | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | 35.67 Percentage of taxable income | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.1 Percentage of taxable income | 26.16 Percentage of taxable income | 34.51 Percentage of taxable income | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 10 Australia 26.18 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 10 Costa Rica 26.18 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 10 Mexico 26.18 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 14 Netherlands 25.84 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 15 Peru 25.75 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 16 New Zealand 24.44 Percentage of taxable income compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Japan?
- Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Japan was 26.16 Percentage of taxable income in 2016, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 35.67 Percentage of taxable income in 2000.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.16 Percentage of taxable income in 2016.
- How does Japan rank for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax?
- Japan ranks 13th out of 41 countries with data for 2016.
- Is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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This table reports synthetic tax policy indicators that capture the effect of income-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.