Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Government > Time to prepare and pay taxes > Hours
DEFINITION:
Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Cameroon | 1,300 hours | 2006 | ||
2 | Nigeria | 1,120 hours | 2006 | ||
3 | Malawi | 878 hours | 2006 | ||
=4 | Senegal | 696 hours | 2006 | ||
=4 | Mauritania | 696 hours | 2006 | ||
6 | Central African Republic | 504 hours | 2006 | ||
7 | Kenya | 432 hours | 2006 | ||
8 | Sao Tome and Principe | 424 hours | 2006 | ||
9 | Guinea | 416 hours | 2006 | ||
10 | Sierra Leone | 399 hours | 2006 | ||
11 | The Gambia | 376 hours | 2006 | ||
12 | Lesotho | 352 hours | 2006 | ||
13 | South Africa | 350 hours | 2006 | ||
14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 312 hours | 2006 | ||
=15 | Madagascar | 304 hours | 2006 | ||
=15 | Ghana | 304 hours | 2006 | ||
=17 | Gabon | 272 hours | 2006 | ||
=17 | Angola | 272 hours | 2006 | ||
=19 | Burkina Faso | 270 hours | 2006 | ||
=19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 270 hours | 2006 | ||
=19 | Benin | 270 hours | 2006 | ||
=19 | Togo | 270 hours | 2006 | ||
=19 | Mali | 270 hours | 2006 | ||
=19 | Niger | 270 hours | 2006 | ||
25 | Tanzania | 248 hours | 2006 | ||
26 | Uganda | 237 hours | 2006 | ||
27 | Mozambique | 230 hours | 2006 | ||
=28 | Zimbabwe | 216 hours | 2006 | ||
=28 | Eritrea | 216 hours | 2006 | ||
=30 | Ethiopia | 212 hours | 2006 | ||
=30 | Equatorial Guinea | 212 hours | 2006 | ||
32 | Guinea-Bissau | 208 hours | 2006 | ||
33 | Sudan | 180 hours | 2006 | ||
34 | Rwanda | 168 hours | 2006 | ||
35 | Mauritius | 158 hours | 2006 | ||
=36 | Botswana | 140 hours | 2006 | ||
=36 | Burundi | 140 hours | 2006 | ||
38 | Zambia | 131 hours | 2006 | ||
39 | Chad | 122 hours | 2006 | ||
40 | Djibouti | 114 hours | 2006 | ||
41 | Swaziland | 104 hours | 2006 | ||
=42 | Cape Verde | 100 hours | 2006 | ||
=42 | Comoros | 100 hours | 2006 | ||
44 | Seychelles | 76 hours | 2006 |