Portugal vs Singapore: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours)
Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) over time
- Portugal
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 4.5 DB17-20 methodology against 4 DB17-20 methodology in Portugal, a difference of 0.5 DB17-20 methodology.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
Portugal ranks 78th and Singapore ranks 75th of 103 countries.
Singapore 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), Portugal or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 4.5 DB17-20 methodology against 4 DB17-20 methodology in Portugal as of 2019.
- What is the difference in paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) between Portugal and Singapore?
- 0.5 DB17-20 methodology, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Singapore?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do Portugal and Singapore rank globally for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours)?
- Portugal ranks 78th and Singapore ranks 75th 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.