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

Samoa: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 80 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
80
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
50th
of 157 countries
All-time high
80
in 2015
All-time low
80
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 802016: 802017: 802018: 802019: 80

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Samoa stood at 80. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

That places Samoa 50th out of 157 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Samoa, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 80 —
2016 80 +0.0%
2017 80 +0.0%
2018 80 +0.0%
2019 80 +0.0%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 80 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 46, 1.7× the median. (49 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 80 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 66, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 50 Botswana 80 compare
  2. 50 North Macedonia 80 compare
  3. 50 Saint Kitts and Nevis 80 compare
  4. 50 Zambia 80 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Samoa?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Samoa was 80 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 80 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 80 in 2015.
How does Samoa rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Samoa ranks 50th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Samoa 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
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.