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

Spain: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20) was 100 in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
100
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 156 countries
All-time high
100
in 2015
All-time low
100
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060801002015201720192015: 1002016: 1002017: 1002018: 1002019: 100

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Spain is 100, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places Spain 1st out of 156 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 1 Barbados 100 compare
  2. 1 Croatia 100 compare
  3. 1 Germany 100 compare
  4. 1 Ireland 100 compare
  5. 1 Korea 100 compare
  6. 1 Latvia 100 compare
  7. 1 Malta 100 compare
  8. 1 Netherlands 100 compare
  9. 1 Seychelles 100 compare
  10. 1 United Kingdom 100 compare

See the full ranking of 156 places β†’

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All data for Spain β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Spain?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) in Spain was 100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 100 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20) recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 100 in 2015.
How does Spain rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20)?
Spain ranks 1st out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Spain 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.