Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Zurich

Zurich: Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax was 18.46 Percentage of taxable income in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
18.46 Percentage of taxable income
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
4th
of 5 regions
All-time high
21.76 Percentage of taxable income
in 2000
All-time low
18.46 Percentage of taxable income
in 2013
Years of data
20
2000–2019

Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Zurich, 2000–2019

051015202000200920192000: 21.8 Percentage of taxable income2001: 21.6 Percentage of taxable income2002: 21.3 Percentage of taxable income2003: 21 Percentage of taxable income2004: 21 Percentage of taxable income2005: 18.6 Percentage of taxable income2006: 18.6 Percentage of taxable income2007: 18.6 Percentage of taxable income2008: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2009: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2010: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2011: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2012: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2013: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2014: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2015: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2016: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2017: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2018: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income2019: 18.5 Percentage of taxable income

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.

Analysis

Zurich recorded 18.46 Percentage of taxable income for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Zurich peaked at 21.76 Percentage of taxable income in 2000 and was at its lowest, 18.46 Percentage of taxable income, in 2013.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax in Zurich, year by year

Annual values for Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate in Zurich, 2000 to 2019.
Year Percentage of taxable income Change
2000 21.76 Percentage of taxable income
2001 21.56 Percentage of taxable income -0.9%
2002 21.31 Percentage of taxable income -1.2%
2003 21.03 Percentage of taxable income -1.3%
2004 21.03 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2005 18.62 Percentage of taxable income -11.5%
2006 18.62 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2007 18.61 Percentage of taxable income -0.1%
2008 18.48 Percentage of taxable income -0.7%
2009 18.48 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2010 18.48 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2011 18.48 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2012 18.48 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2013 18.46 Percentage of taxable income -0.1%
2014 18.46 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2015 18.46 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2016 18.46 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2017 18.46 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2018 18.46 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%
2019 18.46 Percentage of taxable income +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 19.95 Percentage of taxable income 18.48 Percentage of taxable income 21.76 Percentage of taxable income 10
2010s 18.47 Percentage of taxable income 18.46 Percentage of taxable income 18.48 Percentage of taxable income 10

Countries ranked near Zurich

  1. 1 India 41.83 Percentage of taxable income compare
  2. 2 United States of America 33.96 Percentage of taxable income compare
  3. 3 Belgium 31.4 Percentage of taxable income compare
  4. 4 Colombia 30.55 Percentage of taxable income compare
  5. 4 Argentina 30.55 Percentage of taxable income compare
  6. 4 Malta 30.55 Percentage of taxable income compare
  7. 7 Brazil 29.68 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 Zurich?
Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax in Zurich was 18.46 Percentage of taxable income in 2019, 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 Zurich?
The highest recorded value was 21.76 Percentage of taxable income in 2000.
What is the lowest effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax recorded in Zurich?
The lowest recorded value was 18.46 Percentage of taxable income in 2013.
How does Zurich rank for effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax?
Zurich ranks 4th out of 5 regions with data for 2019.
Is effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - corporate tax rising or falling in Zurich?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Zurich 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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Effective tax rates for income based tax incentives - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate
Unit
Percentage of taxable income
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Coverage
49 places, 927 data points, 2000–2025
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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.