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Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) in Austria

Austria: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 96 in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
96
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
16th
of 156 countries
All-time high
96
in 2015
All-time low
96
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) in Austria, 2015–2019

0204060801002015201720192015: 962016: 962017: 962018: 962019: 96

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Austria stood at 96. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places Austria 16th out of 156 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 13 Estonia, Republic of 97.5 compare
  2. 14 Mauritius 97 compare
  3. 14 Switzerland 97 compare
  4. 16 New Zealand 96 compare
  5. 18 Lithuania, Republic of 95.8 compare
  6. 19 Iceland 94 compare
  7. 19 Slovenia, Republic of 94 compare
  8. 19 Taiwan Province of China 94 compare

See the full ranking of 156 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Austria?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Austria was 96 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 96 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 96 in 2015.
How does Austria rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Austria ranks 16th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Austria data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
156 places, 780 data points, 2015–2019
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The score for time to comply with 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.