Belgium vs Costa Rica: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours)
Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) over time
- Belgium
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 5.5 DB17-20 methodology against 5 DB17-20 methodology in Belgium, a difference of 0.5 DB17-20 methodology.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 71st and Costa Rica ranks 69th of 103 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours), Belgium or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 5.5 DB17-20 methodology against 5 DB17-20 methodology in Belgium as of 2019.
- What is the difference in paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) between Belgium and Costa Rica?
- 0.5 DB17-20 methodology, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Costa Rica?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do Belgium and Costa Rica rank globally for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours)?
- Belgium ranks 71st and Costa Rica ranks 69th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The time to comply with VAT refund measures the time spent preparing and submitting the refund claim and the time spent preparing information for the tax officers, if, in 50% or more of cases, a company that requests a VAT cash refund arising from a capital purchase would be selected for an additional review. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.