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

Tonga: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodol was 16 in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
16
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
90th
of 156 countries
All-time high
16
in 2015
All-time low
16
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0510152015201720192015: 162016: 162017: 162018: 162019: 16

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20 methodol in Tonga is 16, 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 Tonga 90th out of 156 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 87 Senegal 32 compare
  2. 88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 compare
  3. 88 Jamaica 20 compare
  4. 90 Italy 16 compare
  5. 92 Tunisia 10 compare
  6. 93 Ethiopia 6 compare
  7. 93 Lebanon 6 compare

See the full ranking of 156 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20 methodol in Tonga?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20 methodol in Tonga was 16 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20 methodol recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 16 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20 methodol recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 16 in 2015.
How does Tonga rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) (db17-20 methodol?
Tonga ranks 90th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Tonga 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.