Costa Rica vs Vanuatu: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours)
Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) over time
- Costa Rica
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 7 DB17-20 methodology against 5.5 DB17-20 methodology in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.5 DB17-20 methodology.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 69th and Vanuatu ranks 67th of 103 countries.
Vanuatu 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), Costa Rica or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 7 DB17-20 methodology against 5.5 DB17-20 methodology in Costa Rica as of 2019.
- What is the difference in paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) between Costa Rica and Vanuatu?
- 1.5 DB17-20 methodology, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Vanuatu?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Vanuatu rank globally for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours)?
- Costa Rica ranks 69th and Vanuatu ranks 67th 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.