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

Singapore: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 91 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
91
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
27th
of 157 countries
All-time high
91
in 2015
All-time low
91
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 912016: 912017: 912018: 912019: 91

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Singapore is 91, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

That places Singapore 27th out of 157 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Singapore, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 91
2016 91 +0.0%
2017 91 +0.0%
2018 91 +0.0%
2019 91 +0.0%

Countries ranked near Singapore

  1. 27 Australia 91 compare
  2. 27 Czechia 91 compare
  3. 30 Belgium 90 compare
  4. 30 Belize 90 compare
  5. 30 Finland 90 compare
  6. 30 Slovakia 90 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Singapore?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Singapore was 91 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Singapore?
The highest recorded value was 91 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Singapore?
The lowest recorded value was 91 in 2015.
How does Singapore rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Singapore ranks 27th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Singapore 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.