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

Portugal: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 92 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
92
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
22nd
of 157 countries
All-time high
92
in 2015
All-time low
92
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 922016: 922017: 922018: 922019: 92

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Portugal stood at 92. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

Portugal ranks 22nd of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) in Portugal, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Portugal, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 92
2016 92 +0.0%
2017 92 +0.0%
2018 92 +0.0%
2019 92 +0.0%

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 19 Iceland 94 compare
  2. 19 Slovenia 94 compare
  3. 19 Taiwan, China 94 compare
  4. 22 Israel 92 compare
  5. 22 Montenegro 92 compare
  6. 22 Serbia 92 compare
  7. 22 Yemen 92 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Portugal?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Portugal was 92 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 92 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 92 in 2015.
How does Portugal rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Portugal ranks 22nd out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Portugal 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
157 places, 785 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.