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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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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Brazil :
2,600 hours
2006
Brazilian Government
# 2
Ukraine :
2,185 hours
2006
Ukrainian Government
# 3
Cameroon :
1,300 hours
2006
Cameroonian Government
# 4
Belarus :
1,188 hours
2006
Belarusian Government
= 5
Armenia :
1,120 hours
2006
Armenian Government
= 5
Nigeria :
1,120 hours
2006
Nigerian Government
# 7
Bolivia :
1,080 hours
2006
Bolivian Government
# 8
Vietnam :
1,050 hours
2006
Vietnamese Government
# 9
Azerbaijan :
1,000 hours
2006
Azerbaijani Government
# 10
Czech Republic :
930 hours
2006
Czech Government
# 11
Malawi :
878 hours
2006
Malawian Government
# 12
China :
872 hours
2006
Chinese Government
# 13
Venezuela :
864 hours
2006
Venezuelan Government
= 14
Senegal :
696 hours
2006
Senegalese Government
= 14
Mauritania :
696 hours
2006
Mauritanian Government
# 16
East Timor :
640 hours
2006
Timorese Government
# 17
Bulgaria :
616 hours
2006
Bulgarian Government
# 18
Argentina :
615 hours
2006
Argentine Government
# 19
Spain :
602 hours
2006
Spanish Government
# 20
Ecuador :
600 hours
2006
Ecuadorian Government
= 21
Congo, Republic of the :
576 hours
2006
Congolese Government
= 21
Indonesia :
576 hours
2006
Indonesian Government
= 23
Panama :
560 hours
2006
Panamanian Government
= 23
Pakistan :
560 hours
2006
Pakistani Government
# 25
Mexico :
552 hours
2006
Mexican Government
# 26
Egypt :
536 hours
2006
Egyptian Government
# 27
Antigua and Barbuda :
528 hours
2006
Barbudan Government
= 28
Central African Republic :
504 hours
2006
Central African Government
= 28
Algeria :
504 hours
2006
Algerian Government
# 30
Morocco :
468 hours
2006
Moroccan Government
# 31
Colombia :
456 hours
2006
Colombian Government
= 32
Chile :
432 hours
2006
Chilean Government
= 32
Kenya :
432 hours
2006
Kenyan Government
= 34
Peru :
424 hours
2006
Peruvian Government
= 34
Honduras :
424 hours
2006
Honduran Government
= 34
São Tomé and Príncipe :
424 hours
2006
Sao Tomean Government
# 37
Georgia :
423 hours
2006
Georgian Government
# 38
Guinea :
416 hours
2006
Guinean Government
# 39
Jamaica :
414 hours
2006
Jamaican Government
# 40
Nepal :
408 hours
2006
Nepalese Government
# 41
Costa Rica :
402 hours
2006
Costa Rican Government
# 42
Bangladesh :
400 hours
2006
Bangladeshi Government
# 43
Sierra Leone :
399 hours
2006
Sierra Leonean Government
# 44
Gambia, The :
376 hours
2006
Gambian Government
# 45
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
368 hours
2006
Nevisian Government
# 46
Italy :
360 hours
2006
Italian Government
# 47
Lesotho :
352 hours
2006
Basotho Government
= 48
South Africa :
350 hours
2006
South African Government
= 48
Japan :
350 hours
2006
Japanese Government
# 50
Slovakia :
344 hours
2006
Slovak Government
# 51
Syria :
336 hours
2006
Syrian Government
= 52
Paraguay :
328 hours
2006
Paraguayan Government
= 52
Portugal :
328 hours
2006
Portuguese Government
# 54
United States :
325 hours
2006
American Government
# 55
Latvia :
320 hours
2006
Latvian Government
= 56
Iraq :
312 hours
2006
Iraqi Government
= 56
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
312 hours
2006
Congolese Government
= 58
Ghana :
304 hours
2006
Ghanaian Government
= 58
Hungary :
304 hours
2006
Hungarian Government
= 58
Madagascar :
304 hours
2006
Malagasy Government
# 61
Uruguay :
300 hours
2006
Uruguayan Government
# 62
Guatemala :
294 hours
2006
Guatemalan Government
# 63
Iran :
292 hours
2006
Iranian Government
# 64
Korea, South :
290 hours
2006
Korean Government
# 65
Guyana :
288 hours
2006
Guyanese Government
# 66
Afghanistan :
275 hours
2006
Afghan Government
# 67
Bhutan :
274 hours
2006
Bhutanese Government
= 68
Slovenia :
272 hours
2006
Slovenian Government
= 68
Gabon :
272 hours
2006
Gabonese Government
= 68
Angola :
272 hours
2006
Angolan Government
= 68
Austria :
272 hours
2006
Austrian Government
= 72
Benin :
270 hours
2006
Beninese Government
= 72
Mali :
270 hours
2006
Malian Government
= 72
Niger :
270 hours
2006
Nigerien Government
= 72
Burkina Faso :
270 hours
2006
Burkinabe Government
= 72
Togo :
270 hours
2006
Togolese Government
= 72
Côte d'Ivoire :
270 hours
2006
Ivoirian Government
# 78
Tunisia :
268 hours
2006
Tunisian Government
= 79
India :
264 hours
2006
Indian Government
= 79
Finland :
264 hours
2006
Finnish Government
= 81
Sri Lanka :
256 hours
2006
Sri Lankan Government
= 81
Russia :
256 hours
2006
Russian Government
# 83
Turkey :
254 hours
2006
Turkish Government
= 84
Netherlands :
250 hours
2006
Dutch Government
= 84
Moldova :
250 hours
2006
Moldovan Government
= 86
Yemen :
248 hours
2006
Yemeni Government
= 86
Tanzania :
248 hours
2006
Tanzanian Government
= 88
Albania :
240 hours
2006
Albanian Government
= 88
Nicaragua :
240 hours
2006
Nicaraguan Government
# 90
Uganda :
237 hours
2006
Ugandan Government
# 91
Mozambique :
230 hours
2006
Mozambican Government
# 92
Israel :
225 hours
2006
Israeli Government
= 93
Samoa :
224 hours
2006
Samoan Government
= 93
El Salvador :
224 hours
2006
Salvadoran Government
= 93
Tajikistan :
224 hours
2006
Tajikistani Government
= 96
Zimbabwe :
216 hours
2006
Zimbabwean Government
= 96
Eritrea :
216 hours
2006
Eritrean Government
= 98
Ethiopia :
212 hours
2006
Ethiopian Government
= 98
Equatorial Guinea :
212 hours
2006
Equatorial Guinean Government
= 100
Guinea-Bissau :
208 hours
2006
Guinean Government
= 100
Lebanon :
208 hours
2006
Lebanese Government
= 100
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
208 hours
2006
Saint Vincentian Government
= 103
Mongolia :
204 hours
2006
Mongolian Government
= 103
Kyrgyzstan :
204 hours
2006
Kyrgyzstani Government
= 103
Greece :
204 hours
2006
Greek Government
= 106
Suriname :
198 hours
2006
Surinamese Government
= 106
Papua New Guinea :
198 hours
2006
Papua New Guinean Government
= 106
Romania :
198 hours
2006
Romanian Government
# 109
Croatia :
196 hours
2006
Croatian Government
# 110
Malaysia :
190 hours
2006
Malaysian Government
= 111
Sudan :
180 hours
2006
Sudanese Government
= 111
Laos :
180 hours
2006
Lao Government
# 113
Dominican Republic :
178 hours
2006
Dominican Government
# 114
Poland :
175 hours
2006
Polish Government
# 115
Rwanda :
168 hours
2006
Rwandan Government
# 116
Tonga :
164 hours
2006
Tongan Government
# 117
Lithuania :
162 hours
2006
Lithuanian Government
= 118
Belgium :
160 hours
2006
Belgian Government
= 118
Haiti :
160 hours
2006
Haitian Government
# 120
Mauritius :
158 hours
2006
Mauritian Government
# 121
Kazakhstan :
156 hours
2006
Kazakhstani Government
# 122
Uzbekistan :
152 hours
2006
Uzbekistani Government
# 123
Fiji :
145 hours
2006
Fijian Government
= 124
Grenada :
140 hours
2006
Grenadian Government
= 124
Puerto Rico :
140 hours
2006
Puerto Rican Government
= 124
Iceland :
140 hours
2006
Icelandic Government
= 124
Botswana :
140 hours
2006
Motswana -Batswana Government
= 124
Burundi :
140 hours
2006
Burundian Government
# 129
Denmark :
135 hours
2006
Danish Government
# 130
Zambia :
131 hours
2006
Zambian Government
= 131
Micronesia, Federated States of :
128 hours
2006
Micronesian Government
= 131
Palau :
128 hours
2006
Palauan Government
= 131
Marshall Islands :
128 hours
2006
Marshallese Government
= 131
France :
128 hours
2006
French Government
= 135
Sweden :
122 hours
2006
Swedish Government
= 135
Chad :
122 hours
2006
Chadian Government
# 137
Cambodia :
121 hours
2006
Cambodian Government
= 138
Vanuatu :
120 hours
2006
- Government
= 138
Kiribati :
120 hours
2006
- Government
# 140
Canada :
119 hours
2006
Canadian Government
# 141
Kuwait :
118 hours
2006
Kuwaiti Government
= 142
Djibouti :
114 hours
2006
Djiboutian Government
= 142
Trinidad and Tobago :
114 hours
2006
Tobagonian Government
# 144
Belize :
108 hours
2006
Belizean Government
# 145
Australia :
107 hours
2006
Australian Government
= 146
Germany :
105 hours
2006
German Government
= 146
United Kingdom :
105 hours
2006
British Government
= 148
Estonia :
104 hours
2006
Estonian Government
= 148
Swaziland :
104 hours
2006
Swazi Government
= 148
Thailand :
104 hours
2006
Thai Government
# 151
Jordan :
101 hours
2006
Jordanian Government
= 152
Comoros :
100 hours
2006
Comoran Government
= 152
Cape Verde :
100 hours
2006
Cape Verdean Government
= 152
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
100 hours
2006
Herzegovinian Government
# 155
Macedonia, Republic of :
96 hours
2006
Macedonian Government
# 156
Philippines :
94 hours
2006
Philippine Government
# 157
Norway :
87 hours
2006
Norwegian Government
= 158
Solomon Islands :
80 hours
2006
Solomon Islander Government
= 158
Hong Kong :
80 hours
2006
Hong Kong Government
= 160
Ireland :
76 hours
2006
Irish Government
= 160
Seychelles :
76 hours
2006
Seychellois Government
# 162
Saudi Arabia :
75 hours
2006
Saudi Government
# 163
New Zealand :
70 hours
2006
New Zealand Government
# 164
Switzerland :
68 hours
2006
Swiss Government
# 165
Dominica :
65 hours
2006
Dominican Government
# 166
Oman :
52 hours
2006
Omani Government
# 167
Saint Lucia :
41 hours
2006
Saint Lucian Government
# 168
Singapore :
30 hours
2006
Singapore Government
# 169
United Arab Emirates :
12 hours
2006
Emirati Government
Weighted average:
332.3 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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