Fact-check: “The US has the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world”
Verdict: False (90% confidence)
This claim is false as of 2026. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act dropped the U.S. federal corporate rate from 35% to a flat 21%, and even when state rates are added in, the U.S. combined rate of roughly 25–26% sits below several other OECD countries. OECD data from its 2025 Corporate Tax Statistics report shows Germany at 30.06% combined, and France and other G7 members also exceed the U.S. rate. The claim was closer to accurate before 2018, when the old 35% federal rate plus state taxes pushed t…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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