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Paying taxes: Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) by country

Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) measures the time to complete a review by the tax authority including a formal tax audit if in 25% or more of cases, a company that voluntarily reports an error in its corporate income tax return and an underpayment of the tax due...

Countries reporting
86
Highest
113.29 DB17-20 methodology
Jamaica
Lowest
0 DB17-20 methodology
Hungary
Median
18 DB17-20 methodology
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
900

What the numbers show

Paying taxes: Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 113.29 DB17-20 methodology in Jamaica; the lowest is 0 DB17-20 methodology in Hungary.

The median across all reporting countries is 18 DB17-20 methodology, and the mean is 23.99 DB17-20 methodology.

Paying taxes: Time to complete a corporate income tax correction: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jamaica 113.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
2 Puerto Rico 104.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
3 Panama 99.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
4 Mexico 87.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
5 Brazil 86.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
6 Palestine, State of 80.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
7 Brunei Darussalam 65.43 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
8 Timor-Leste 64.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
9 Jordan 62.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
10 Gabon 46.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
11 Malta 46.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
12 Cambodia 39.43 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 38.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
14 Mauritania 35.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 34 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
16 Saudi Arabia 33.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
17 Afghanistan 33.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” falling
18 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 32.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
18 Trinidad and Tobago 32.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 31.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
21 South Africa 31.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
22 Peru 30.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
23 Norway 29.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
24 Madagascar 29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
25 Malawi 27.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
25 Mali 27.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
27 Congo 27.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
28 Malaysia 25.64 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” falling
29 Central African Republic 25.43 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
30 Lebanon 25.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
31 Togo 24.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
32 Djibouti 23.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
33 Guinea 23.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
34 Burundi 21.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
34 Honduras 21.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
34 Comoros 21.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
34 Chad 21.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
38 Croatia 20.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
39 Montenegro 19 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
40 Pakistan 18.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
41 Iraq 18.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
41 Dominican Republic 18.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
43 Poland 18.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
44 Nepal 17.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
45 North Macedonia 17 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
46 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
46 Egypt 16.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
48 Canada 14.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
50 Albania 14.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
51 San Marino 13.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
52 Guatemala 13.79 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
53 Kenya 13.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
54 Singapore 12.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
55 Kosovo 11.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
56 Uganda 11.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
57 Russian Federation 11.2 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
58 Kiribati 10.43 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
59 Guyana 9.79 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
60 Mozambique 9.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
61 Bangladesh 9.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
63 Switzerland 8.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
64 Saint Lucia 8.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
65 Bulgaria 8.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
66 Tonga 8.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
67 Niger 7.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
68 Rwanda 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
68 Tajikistan 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
70 Slovenia 6.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
71 Sudan 6.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
72 Lesotho 5.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
73 Kyrgyzstan 5.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
74 Belize 5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
75 Luxembourg 4.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
76 Denmark 2.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
77 Netherlands 2.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
78 Bhutan 2 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
79 Guinea-Bissau 1.86 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
80 Myanmar 0.7143 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
81 Libya 0.4286 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” flat
82 Tunisia 0 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” falling
82 Thailand 0 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” volatile
82 El Salvador 0 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” volatile
82 India 0 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” volatile
82 Hungary 0 DB17-20 methodology 2019 β€” volatile

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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology)
Unit
DB17-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 900 data points, 2015–2019
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Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) measures the time to complete a review by the tax authority including a formal tax audit if in 25% or more of cases, a company that voluntarily reports an error in its corporate income tax return and an underpayment of the tax due would be selected for additional review. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.