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

Bulgaria: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 71 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
71
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
63rd
of 156 countries
All-time high
71
in 2018
All-time low
70
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 702016: 702017: 702018: 712019: 71

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Bulgaria recorded 71 for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 1.4% over five years.

Bulgaria ranks 63rd of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 60 Antigua and Barbuda 76 compare
  2. 60 Fiji 76 compare
  3. 60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 76 compare
  4. 63 Dominica 71 compare
  5. 63 Gabon 71 compare
  6. 66 Armenia 70.5 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Bulgaria?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Bulgaria was 71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 71 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 70 in 2015.
How does Bulgaria rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Bulgaria ranks 63rd out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Bulgaria 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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Indicator
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.