Researching international tax rates

The ICAEW Library has compiled this guide to help everyone to find the tax rates they need.

The Library enquiry team can also help ICAEW members, ACA students and other authorised users with requests for current and historical tax rates from a variety of print and online sources, many of which you can find listed on this page.

If you would like to know more about the information we can offer, please call us on +44 (0)20 7920 8620, email library@icaew.com or contact us through webchat.

The ICAEW Library subscribes to the IBFD Tax Research Platform, a specialist cross-border tax database which provides current and historical tax rates and detailed tax guides for hundreds of jurisdictions around the world.

It includes rates for the direct taxation of companies and individuals, withholding tax, VAT/GST, and other taxes.

More information on the documents available for each respective country can be found in our tax by country or territory guides.

Contact the Library enquiry team on +44 (0)20 7920 8620 or email library@icaew.com to request documents or get help with research. The service is free for ICAEW members, ACA students and other permitted users.

Several accountancy firms produce resources which detail current and/or historical tax rates for particular jurisdictions around the world. Examples include:

• PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries Online
  In-depth guides covering a wide range of corporate and individual tax topics in over 150 territories. Includes useful summaries of significant developments and tables of tax rates and due dates.
• EY Tax and Law Guides
  Annually updated guides summarising the tax system, key tax issues, and legal matters in over 150 jurisdictions around the world.
• PKF Worldwide Tax Guides
  Annual guides for accountancy professionals and businesses on corporate tax rates, incentives for overseas businesses, double tax treaties, and taxation of foreign source income. 157 jurisdictions are covered.
• KPMG Tax Rates Online
  Tax table tool that compares tax rates within a country or across multiple jurisdictions. As of 2024, it covers the period 2006–2020.

The Library & Information Service provides a collection of eBooks as a benefit of membership. A selection of recent eBooks containing international tax rates is set out below. More titles can be found on our eBooks on tax page.

Please log in to access these titles. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our help and support or contact library@icaew.com.

Many jurisdictions publicise their tax rates through their own official online channels. For example, the Italian Agenzia delle Entrate maintains an English-language information portal which includes information on tax rates.

Links to official sources of information are included in some of our guides to tax by country or territory.

There are many printed books and journals in the Library collection which may serve as useful sources of information on international tax rates — particularly historical rates.

Notable holdings include:

• Tolley's Worldwide Tax Guide (2007–08 to present)
• European Taxation (1961 to 2021)
• Worldwide Business Tax Guide (last updated September 2020)
• International Tax Handbook (2005, 2008, 2009, and 2015 eds.)

To search the full range of material in our collection — which includes numerous guides to taxation in particular countries — please use our library search tools.

To find out how you can borrow books from the Library please see our guide to borrowing books. You can obtain copies of articles or extracts of books and reports through our document supply service.