Withholding Taxes for Foreign Stock Dividend Payments
Earlier this year I wrote a post on withholding taxes for foreign stock dividends based on data from Dow Jones Indexes. In this post, I have listed below the withholding taxes of 62 countries (including the U.S.) according to data published by STOXX Ltd:
| S.No. | Country | Witholding Tax Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 35.00% |
| 2 | Australia | 30.00% |
| 3 | Austria | 25.00% |
| 4 | Belgium | 25.00% |
| 5 | Brazil | 0.00% |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 15.00% |
| 7 | Canada | 25.00% |
| 8 | Chile | 35.00% |
| 9 | China | 10.00% |
| 10 | Colombia | 0.00% |
| 11 | Croatia | 0.00% |
| 12 | Cyprus | 0.00% |
| 13 | Czech Republic | 15.00% |
| 14 | Denmark | 28.00% |
| 15 | Egypt | 0.00% |
| 16 | Estonia | 0.00% |
| 17 | Finland | 28.00% |
| 18 | France | 25.00% |
| 19 | Germany | 26.38% |
| 20 | Greece | 21.00% |
| 21 | Hong Kong | 0.00% |
| 22 | Hungary | 10.00% |
| 23 | Iceland | 15.00% |
| 24 | India | 0.00% |
| 25 | Indonesia | 20.00% |
| 26 | Ireland | 20.00% |
| 27 | Israel | 25.00% |
| 28 | Italy | 27.00% |
| 29 | Japan | 10.00% |
| 30 | Latvia | 10.00% |
| 31 | Liechtenstein | 4.00% |
| 32 | Lithuania | 15.00% |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 15.00% |
| 34 | Macedonia (FYROM) | 10.00% |
| 35 | Malaysia | 0.00% |
| 36 | Malta | 35.00% |
| 37 | Mexico | 0.00% |
| 38 | Netherlands | 15.00% |
| 39 | New Zealand | 30.00% |
| 40 | Norway | 25.00% |
| 41 | Peru | 4.10% |
| 42 | Philippines | 30.00% |
| 43 | Poland | 19.00% |
| 44 | Portugal | 21.50% |
| 45 | Romania | 16.00% |
| 46 | Russia | 15.00% |
| 47 | Serbia | 20.00% |
| 48 | Singapore | 0.00% |
| 49 | Slovak Republic | 0.00% |
| 50 | Slovenia | 20.00% |
| 51 | South Africa | 0.00% |
| 52 | South Korea | 0.00% |
| 53 | Spain | 19.00% |
| 54 | Sweden | 30.00% |
| 55 | Switzerland | 35.00% |
| 56 | Taiwan | 30.00% |
| 57 | Thailand | 10.00% |
| 58 | Turkey | 15.00% |
| 59 | Ukraine | 15.00% |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 0.00% |
| 61 | USA | 30.00% |
| 62 | Vietnam | 0.00% |
Source: STOXX
USA charges 30% tax on stock dividend payments to foreigners on all dividends paid by domestic corporations.
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