Australia vs United Kingdom: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology)

Australia
90.83
in 2019
United Kingdom
92.25
in 2019
Australia rank
15th
United Kingdom rank
13th

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) over time

  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 92.25 against 90.83 in Australia, a difference of 1.42.

Across all 5 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 15th and United Kingdom ranks 13th of 157 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology), Australia or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 92.25 against 90.83 in Australia as of 2019.
What is the difference in paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) between Australia and United Kingdom?
1.42, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United Kingdom?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Australia and United Kingdom rank globally for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Australia ranks 15th and United Kingdom ranks 13th of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
157 places, 785 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The score for time to obtain VAT refund benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.