Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction in Samoa

Samoa: Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction was 8.5 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
8.5 DB17-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
86th
of 181 countries
All-time high
8.5 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
All-time low
8.5 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction in Samoa, 2015–2019

024682015201720192015: 8.5 DB17-20 methodology2016: 8.5 DB17-20 methodology2017: 8.5 DB17-20 methodology2018: 8.5 DB17-20 methodology2019: 8.5 DB17-20 methodology

Source: World Bank. Measured in DB17-20 methodology.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction in Samoa stood at 8.5 DB17-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places Samoa 86th out of 181 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction in Samoa, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) in Samoa, 2015 to 2019.
Year DB17-20 methodology Change
2015 8.5 DB17-20 methodology
2016 8.5 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 8.5 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 8.5 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 8.5 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%

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  3. 87 Finland 8 DB17-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction in Samoa?
Paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction in Samoa was 8.5 DB17-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 8.5 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 8.5 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
How does Samoa rank for paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction?
Samoa ranks 86th out of 181 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Samoa data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction (hours) (DB17-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction (hours) (DB17-20 methodology)
Unit
DB17-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
181 places, 905 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The time to comply with a corporate income tax correction measures the time spent preparing and submitting the correction, and the time spent preparing information for the tax officers, if, in 25% or more of cases, a company that voluntarily reports an error in its CIT 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.