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

South Africa: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 83 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
83
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
45th
of 157 countries
All-time high
83
in 2017
All-time low
80
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 802016: 802017: 832018: 832019: 83

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

South Africa recorded 83 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.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% over five years.

South Africa ranks 45th of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in South Africa, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 80
2016 80 +0.0%
2017 83 +3.8%
2018 83 +0.0%
2019 83 +0.0%

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 42 Denmark 84 compare
  2. 42 Poland 84 compare
  3. 44 Saint Lucia 83.5 compare
  4. 46 Albania 82 compare
  5. 46 Norway 82 compare
  6. 46 Rwanda 82 compare
  7. 46 Uganda 82 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in South Africa?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in South Africa was 83 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 83 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 80 in 2015.
How does South Africa rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
South Africa ranks 45th out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this South Africa 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.