Fact-check: “The US has the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world”
Verdict: False (88% confidence)
This claim was true before 2018 but is false today. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cut the US federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, dropping the US from near the top of the OECD rankings to roughly the middle of the distribution. As of 2024–2025, several developed OECD countries — including Germany (~30% combined), Japan (~29%), Canada (~26.5%), and France (~25–28%) — have higher combined statutory rates than the US federal rate of 21% or the combined federal-plus-state rate of roughly 25…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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