Capital Gains Taxation by Country (OECD) |
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Top long-term capital gains tax rate (2011)* |
Integrated capital gains tax rate (2011)** |
|
Italy |
44.5 |
59.8 |
Denmark |
42 |
56.5 |
France |
31.3 |
54.9 |
United States |
19.1 |
50.8 |
Sweden |
30 |
48.4 |
Norway |
28 |
48.2 |
Germany |
25 |
47.7 |
Finland |
28 |
46.7 |
United Kingdom |
28 |
46.7 |
Australia |
22.5 |
45.8 |
Japan |
10 |
45.6 |
Spain |
21 |
44.7 |
Canada |
22.54 |
43.9 |
OECD Avg (non-US) |
17.8 |
41.7 |
Israel |
20 |
39.2 |
Estonia |
21 |
37.6 |
Iceland |
20 |
36 |
Ireland |
25 |
34.4 |
Poland |
19 |
34.4 |
Slovak Republic |
19 |
34.4 |
Belgium |
0 |
34 |
Chile |
20 |
33.6 |
Hungary |
16 |
32 |
Mexico |
0 |
30 |
Luxembourg |
0 |
28.6 |
New Zealand |
0 |
28 |
Portugal |
0 |
26.5 |
Austria |
0 |
25 |
Netherlands |
0 |
25 |
Korea |
0 |
24.2 |
Switzerland |
0 |
21.2 |
Greece |
0 |
20 |
Slovenia |
0 |
20 |
Turkey |
0 |
20 |
Czech Republic |
0 |
19 |
* Combined national and sub-national rate. ** Capital gains rate plus the corporate income tax rate. |