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

Iceland: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 94 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
94
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
19th
of 156 countries
All-time high
94
in 2015
All-time low
94
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 942016: 942017: 942018: 942019: 94

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Iceland stood at 94. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

Iceland ranks 19th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 16 Austria 96 compare
  2. 16 New Zealand 96 compare
  3. 18 Lithuania 95.8 compare
  4. 19 Slovenia 94 compare
  5. 19 Taïwan 94 compare
  6. 22 Israel 92 compare
  7. 22 Montenegro 92 compare
  8. 22 Portugal 92 compare
  9. 22 Serbia 92 compare
  10. 22 Yemen 92 compare

See the full ranking of 156 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Iceland?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Iceland was 94 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 94 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 94 in 2015.
How does Iceland rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Iceland ranks 19th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Iceland 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.