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Saint Barthelemy

Corporate rate
0%
Top personal rate
0%
VAT / GST rate
0%
One-sentence summary Saint Barthelemy's corporate tax position: 0% - no general corporate income tax (listed among the roughly dozen jurisdictions worldwide with no general corporate income tax per Tax Foundation's 2025 global survey). Personal income tax: 0% - no personal income tax, confirmed via a French Senate legislative report. VAT/consumption tax: 0% - no VAT or general turnover tax; a 5% quay duty applies to imported goods instead.

French overseas collectivity with its own tax autonomy since 2007, popularly known as a low-tax jurisdiction for qualifying long-term residents.

Corporate Tax Rate

0% - no general corporate income tax (listed among the roughly dozen jurisdictions worldwide with no general corporate income tax per Tax Foundation's 2025 global survey).

Personal Tax Rate

0% - resolved directly via a French Senate legislative report on Saint Barthelemy's fiscal autonomy (in effect since 2007), which states plainly there is neither corporate income tax nor personal income tax in the territory. The 5-year residency requirement referenced by some secondary sources relates to establishing fiscal domicile in Saint Barthelemy for anti-avoidance purposes (per the tax code's domicile rules), not to the underlying tax rate itself, which is zero regardless.

VAT / GST Rate

0% - no VAT and no general turnover tax (unlike neighboring Saint-Martin, which levies a 4% TGCA). Saint Barthelemy instead applies a 5% quay duty (droit de quai) on goods imported into the island, under Article 13 of the Code des contributions de Saint-Barthelemy, confirmed via the French customs authority (Direction Generale des Douanes).

Residency, CFC, Thin Cap & Treaty Network

Full narrative detail on residency tests, CFC rules, thin capitalization / interest limitation rules, and the treaty network is on the build list for this page and will be added in a future update.

Sources: Tax Foundation - jurisdictions with no corporate income tax (2025 survey, cited via World Population Review), Offshore Protection - St Barts tax overview. Page last verified: August 08, 2026. General information only - confirm current rates with a licensed advisor in this jurisdiction before relying on this page.