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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.
Government Statistics > Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours (2005) by country
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2005
2006
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Brazil :
2,600 hours
2005
Brazilian Government
# 2
Ukraine :
2,185 hours
2005
Ukrainian Government
# 3
Cameroon :
1,300 hours
2005
Cameroonian Government
# 4
Belarus :
1,188 hours
2005
Belarusian Government
# 5
Armenia :
1,120 hours
2005
Armenian Government
# 6
Nigeria :
1,120 hours
2005
Nigerian Government
# 7
Bolivia :
1,080 hours
2005
Bolivian Government
# 8
Vietnam :
1,050 hours
2005
Vietnamese Government
# 9
Czech Republic :
930 hours
2005
Czech Government
# 10
Malawi :
878 hours
2005
Malawian Government
# 11
China :
872 hours
2005
Chinese Government
# 12
Venezuela :
864 hours
2005
Venezuelan Government
# 13
Azerbaijan :
756 hours
2005
Azerbaijani Government
# 14
Mauritania :
696 hours
2005
Mauritanian Government
# 15
Senegal :
696 hours
2005
Senegalese Government
# 16
East Timor :
640 hours
2005
Timorese Government
# 17
Bulgaria :
616 hours
2005
Bulgarian Government
# 18
Spain :
602 hours
2005
Spanish Government
# 19
Ecuador :
600 hours
2005
Ecuadorian Government
# 20
Argentina :
580 hours
2005
Argentine Government
# 21
Congo, Republic of the :
576 hours
2005
Congolese Government
# 22
Lesotho :
564 hours
2005
Basotho Government
# 23
Panama :
560 hours
2005
Panamanian Government
# 24
Indonesia :
560 hours
2005
Indonesian Government
# 25
Pakistan :
560 hours
2005
Pakistani Government
# 26
Mexico :
536 hours
2005
Mexican Government
# 27
Egypt :
504 hours
2005
Egyptian Government
# 28
Algeria :
504 hours
2005
Algerian Government
# 29
Central African Republic :
504 hours
2005
Central African Government
# 30
Morocco :
468 hours
2005
Moroccan Government
# 31
Colombia :
456 hours
2005
Colombian Government
# 32
Georgia :
448 hours
2005
Georgian Government
# 33
Chile :
432 hours
2005
Chilean Government
# 34
Honduras :
424 hours
2005
Honduran Government
# 35
São Tomé and Príncipe :
424 hours
2005
Sao Tomean Government
# 36
Peru :
424 hours
2005
Peruvian Government
# 37
Guinea :
416 hours
2005
Guinean Government
# 38
Jamaica :
414 hours
2005
Jamaican Government
# 39
Nepal :
408 hours
2005
Nepalese Government
# 40
Costa Rica :
402 hours
2005
Costa Rican Government
# 41
Madagascar :
400 hours
2005
Malagasy Government
# 42
Bangladesh :
400 hours
2005
Bangladeshi Government
# 43
Sierra Leone :
399 hours
2005
Sierra Leonean Government
# 44
Kenya :
372 hours
2005
Kenyan Government
# 45
Italy :
360 hours
2005
Italian Government
# 46
South Africa :
350 hours
2005
South African Government
# 47
Slovakia :
344 hours
2005
Slovak Government
# 48
Syria :
336 hours
2005
Syrian Government
# 49
Paraguay :
328 hours
2005
Paraguayan Government
# 50
Portugal :
328 hours
2005
Portuguese Government
# 51
United States :
325 hours
2005
American Government
# 52
Latvia :
320 hours
2005
Latvian Government
# 53
Japan :
315 hours
2005
Japanese Government
# 54
Iraq :
312 hours
2005
Iraqi Government
# 55
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
312 hours
2005
Congolese Government
# 56
Ghana :
304 hours
2005
Ghanaian Government
# 57
Hungary :
304 hours
2005
Hungarian Government
# 58
Uruguay :
300 hours
2005
Uruguayan Government
# 59
Guatemala :
294 hours
2005
Guatemalan Government
# 60
Iran :
292 hours
2005
Iranian Government
# 61
Korea, South :
290 hours
2005
Korean Government
# 62
Guyana :
288 hours
2005
Guyanese Government
# 63
Afghanistan :
275 hours
2005
Afghan Government
# 64
Bhutan :
274 hours
2005
Bhutanese Government
# 65
Slovenia :
272 hours
2005
Slovenian Government
# 66
Austria :
272 hours
2005
Austrian Government
# 67
Angola :
272 hours
2005
Angolan Government
# 68
Togo :
270 hours
2005
Togolese Government
# 69
Benin :
270 hours
2005
Beninese Government
# 70
Niger :
270 hours
2005
Nigerien Government
# 71
Côte d'Ivoire :
270 hours
2005
Ivoirian Government
# 72
Burkina Faso :
270 hours
2005
Burkinabe Government
# 73
Mali :
270 hours
2005
Malian Government
# 74
Tunisia :
268 hours
2005
Tunisian Government
# 75
India :
264 hours
2005
Indian Government
# 76
Finland :
264 hours
2005
Finnish Government
# 77
Russia :
256 hours
2005
Russian Government
# 78
Sri Lanka :
256 hours
2005
Sri Lankan Government
# 79
Turkey :
254 hours
2005
Turkish Government
# 80
Netherlands :
250 hours
2005
Dutch Government
# 81
Moldova :
250 hours
2005
Moldovan Government
# 82
Tanzania :
248 hours
2005
Tanzanian Government
# 83
Yemen :
248 hours
2005
Yemeni Government
# 84
Albania :
240 hours
2005
Albanian Government
# 85
Nicaragua :
240 hours
2005
Nicaraguan Government
# 86
Uganda :
237 hours
2005
Ugandan Government
# 87
Croatia :
232 hours
2005
Croatian Government
# 88
Mozambique :
230 hours
2005
Mozambican Government
# 89
Samoa :
224 hours
2005
Samoan Government
# 90
El Salvador :
224 hours
2005
Salvadoran Government
# 91
Zimbabwe :
216 hours
2005
Zimbabwean Government
# 92
Eritrea :
216 hours
2005
Eritrean Government
# 93
Ethiopia :
212 hours
2005
Ethiopian Government
# 94
Israel :
210 hours
2005
Israeli Government
# 95
Lebanon :
208 hours
2005
Lebanese Government
# 96
Mongolia :
204 hours
2005
Mongolian Government
# 97
Greece :
204 hours
2005
Greek Government
# 98
Kyrgyzstan :
204 hours
2005
Kyrgyzstani Government
# 99
Papua New Guinea :
198 hours
2005
Papua New Guinean Government
# 100
Malaysia :
190 hours
2005
Malaysian Government
# 101
Romania :
188 hours
2005
Romanian Government
# 102
Laos :
180 hours
2005
Lao Government
# 103
Sudan :
180 hours
2005
Sudanese Government
# 104
Poland :
175 hours
2005
Polish Government
# 105
Rwanda :
168 hours
2005
Rwandan Government
# 106
Tonga :
164 hours
2005
Tongan Government
# 107
Lithuania :
162 hours
2005
Lithuanian Government
# 108
Belgium :
160 hours
2005
Belgian Government
# 109
Haiti :
160 hours
2005
Haitian Government
# 110
Mauritius :
158 hours
2005
Mauritian Government
# 111
Kazakhstan :
156 hours
2005
Kazakhstani Government
# 112
Uzbekistan :
152 hours
2005
Uzbekistani Government
# 113
Puerto Rico :
140 hours
2005
Puerto Rican Government
# 114
Fiji :
140 hours
2005
Fijian Government
# 115
Burundi :
140 hours
2005
Burundian Government
# 116
Botswana :
140 hours
2005
Motswana -Batswana Government
# 117
Iceland :
140 hours
2005
Icelandic Government
# 118
Denmark :
135 hours
2005
Danish Government
# 119
Zambia :
132 hours
2005
Zambian Government
# 120
Palau :
128 hours
2005
Palauan Government
# 121
Marshall Islands :
128 hours
2005
Marshallese Government
# 122
France :
128 hours
2005
French Government
# 123
Micronesia, Federated States of :
128 hours
2005
Micronesian Government
# 124
Dominican Republic :
124 hours
2005
Dominican Government
# 125
Chad :
122 hours
2005
Chadian Government
# 126
Sweden :
122 hours
2005
Swedish Government
# 127
Cambodia :
121 hours
2005
Cambodian Government
# 128
Kiribati :
120 hours
2005
- Government
# 129
Vanuatu :
120 hours
2005
- Government
# 130
Canada :
119 hours
2005
Canadian Government
# 131
Kuwait :
118 hours
2005
Kuwaiti Government
# 132
Australia :
107 hours
2005
Australian Government
# 133
United Kingdom :
105 hours
2005
British Government
# 134
Germany :
105 hours
2005
German Government
# 135
Thailand :
104 hours
2005
Thai Government
# 136
Estonia :
104 hours
2005
Estonian Government
# 137
Jordan :
101 hours
2005
Jordanian Government
# 138
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
100 hours
2005
Herzegovinian Government
# 139
Macedonia, Republic of :
96 hours
2005
Macedonian Government
# 140
Philippines :
94 hours
2005
Philippine Government
# 141
Norway :
87 hours
2005
Norwegian Government
# 142
Hong Kong :
80 hours
2005
Hong Kong Government
# 143
Solomon Islands :
80 hours
2005
Solomon Islander Government
# 144
Ireland :
76 hours
2005
Irish Government
# 145
Saudi Arabia :
70 hours
2005
Saudi Government
# 146
New Zealand :
70 hours
2005
New Zealand Government
# 147
Switzerland :
63 hours
2005
Swiss Government
# 148
Oman :
52 hours
2005
Omani Government
# 149
Singapore :
30 hours
2005
Singapore Government
# 150
United Arab Emirates :
12 hours
2005
Emirati Government
Weighted average:
349.6 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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2006 2005
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