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

Saudi Arabia: Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction was 69 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
69 DB17-20 methodology
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
5th
of 181 countries
All-time high
70.5 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
All-time low
69 DB17-20 methodology
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 70.5 DB17-20 methodology2016: 70.5 DB17-20 methodology2017: 70.5 DB17-20 methodology2018: 70 DB17-20 methodology2019: 69 DB17-20 methodology

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

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 69 DB17-20 methodology for paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 2.1% over five years.

That places Saudi Arabia 5th out of 181 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) in Saudi Arabia, 2015 to 2019.
Year DB17-20 methodology Change
2015 70.5 DB17-20 methodology
2016 70.5 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 70.5 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 70 DB17-20 methodology -0.7%
2019 69 DB17-20 methodology -1.4%

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 2 Afghanistan 111 DB17-20 methodology compare
  2. 3 Iraq 83 DB17-20 methodology compare
  3. 4 Kiribati 81 DB17-20 methodology compare
  4. 6 Pakistan 67.5 DB17-20 methodology compare
  5. 7 Central African Republic 66 DB17-20 methodology compare
  6. 8 Sudan 60 DB17-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction in Saudi Arabia?
Paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction in Saudi Arabia was 69 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 Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 70.5 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 69 DB17-20 methodology in 2019.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for paying taxes: time to comply with corporate income tax correction?
Saudi Arabia ranks 5th out of 181 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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
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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.