Fact-check: “The US has the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
This claim is false as of 2026. The US federal statutory corporate tax rate is 21%, and the combined federal-plus-state rate is about 25.57% — neither figure is the highest among developed nations. The OECD's own 2026 data show France at 36.1%, Colombia at 35%, and Malta at 35% topping the list, while the OECD average itself sits at 24.2%. The claim was substantially accurate before 2018 — the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act dropped the US rate from 35% (one of the world's highest) to 21%, moving it…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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