Estonia vs Switzerland: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours)
Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) over time
- Estonia
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 1.5 DB17-20 methodology against 1.25 DB17-20 methodology in Estonia, a difference of 0.25 DB17-20 methodology.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times Estonia's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Estonia ranks 91st and Switzerland ranks 89th of 103 countries.
Switzerland 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), Estonia or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 1.5 DB17-20 methodology against 1.25 DB17-20 methodology in Estonia as of 2019.
- What is the difference in paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) between Estonia and Switzerland?
- 0.25 DB17-20 methodology, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Switzerland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do Estonia and Switzerland rank globally for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours)?
- Estonia ranks 91st and Switzerland ranks 89th 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.