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Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes (Hours)

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This map indicates 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.

Last updated: 12 years ago

Category: Economic

Tags: Business Tax

Country Name	Time in hours - 2010
Afghanistan	275
Albania	360
Algeria	451
Angola	282
Antigua and Barbuda	207
Argentina	453
Armenia	581
Australia	109
Austria	170
Azerbaijan	306
Bahamas, The	58
Bahrain	36
Bangladesh	302
Belarus	798
Belgium	156
Belize	147
Benin	270
Bhutan	274
Bolivia	1,080
Bosnia and Herzegovina	422
Botswana	152
Brazil	2,600
Brunei Darussalam	144
Bulgaria	616
Burkina Faso	270
Burundi	211
Cambodia	173
Cameroon	654
Canada	131
Cape Verde	186
Central African Republic	504
Chad	732
Chile	316
China	398
Colombia	208
Comoros	100
Congo, Dem. Rep.	336
Congo, Rep.	606
Costa Rica	272
Cote d'Ivoire	270
Croatia	196
Cyprus	149
Czech Republic	557
Denmark	135
Djibouti	90
Dominica	120
Dominican Republic	324
Ecuador	654
Egypt, Arab Rep.	433
El Salvador	320
Equatorial Guinea	492
Eritrea	216
Estonia	81
Ethiopia	198
Fiji	163
Finland	243
France	132
Gabon	488
Gambia, The	376
Georgia	387
Germany	215
Ghana	224
Greece	224
Grenada	140
Guatemala	344
Guinea	416
Guinea-Bissau	208
Guyana	288
Haiti	160
Honduras	224
Hong Kong SAR, China	80
Hungary	277
Iceland	140
India	258
Indonesia	266
Iran, Islamic Rep.	344
Iraq	312
Ireland	76
Israel	235
Italy	285
Jamaica	414
Japan	355
Jordan	101
Kazakhstan	271
Kenya	393
Kiribati	120
Korea, Rep.	250
Kosovo	163
Kuwait	118
Kyrgyz Republic	202
Lao PDR	362
Latvia	293
Lebanon	180
Lesotho	324
Liberia	158
Lithuania	175
Luxembourg	59
Macedonia, FYR	119
Madagascar	201
Malawi	157
Malaysia	145
Mali	270
Marshall Islands	128
Mauritania	696
Mauritius	161
Mexico	404
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	128
Moldova	228
Mongolia	192
Montenegro	372
Morocco	358
Mozambique	230
Namibia	375
Nepal	338
Netherlands	134
New Zealand	192
Nicaragua	222
Niger	270
Nigeria	938
Norway	87
Oman	62
Pakistan	560
Palau	128
Panama	482
Papua New Guinea	194
Paraguay	311
Peru	380
Philippines	195
Poland	325
Portugal	298
Puerto Rico	218
Qatar	36
Romania	222
Russian Federation	320
Rwanda	148
Samoa	224
Sao Tome and Principe	424
Saudi Arabia	79
Senegal	666
Serbia	279
Seychelles	76
Sierra Leone	357
Singapore	84
Slovak Republic	257
Slovenia	260
Solomon Islands	80
South Africa	200
Spain	197
Sri Lanka	256
St. Kitts and Nevis	155
St. Lucia	92
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	111
Sudan	180
Suriname	199
Swaziland	104
Sweden	122
Switzerland	63
Syrian Arab Republic	336
Tajikistan	224
Tanzania	172
Thailand	264
Timor-Leste	276
Togo	270
Tonga	164
Trinidad and Tobago	210
Tunisia	144
Turkey	223
Uganda	161
Ukraine	657
United Arab Emirates	12
United Kingdom	110
United States	187
Uruguay	336
Uzbekistan	205
Vanuatu	120
Venezuela, RB	864
Vietnam	941
West Bank and Gaza	154
Yemen, Rep.	248
Zambia	132
Zimbabwe	242