Fact-check: “The US has the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world”
Verdict: False (85% confidence)
The US federal statutory corporate income tax rate is 21% — set by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — and this does not rank as the highest among developed (OECD) nations. Multiple OECD countries have higher statutory corporate rates than 21%, and even on a combined national-plus-subnational basis, the US is not clearly at the top. The claim is directly contradicted by OECD and Tax Foundation data showing the US ranks in the middle of the OECD pack on statutory rates.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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