Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) in Malawi

Malawi: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) was 33 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
33 DB17-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
18th
of 101 countries
All-time high
33 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
All-time low
33 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) in Malawi, 2015–2019

01020302015201720192015: 33 DB17-20 methodology2016: 33 DB17-20 methodology2017: 33 DB17-20 methodology2018: 33 DB17-20 methodology2019: 33 DB17-20 methodology

Source: World Bank. Measured in DB17-20 methodology.

Analysis

The most recent figure for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in Malawi is 33 DB17-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

Malawi ranks 18th of 101 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40 DB17-20 methodology compare
  2. 15 Jamaica 40 DB17-20 methodology compare
  3. 17 Senegal 34 DB17-20 methodology compare
  4. 18 Honduras 33 DB17-20 methodology compare
  5. 20 Namibia 30 DB17-20 methodology compare
  6. 21 Mozambique 28 DB17-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in Malawi?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in Malawi was 33 DB17-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 33 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 33 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
How does Malawi rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours)?
Malawi ranks 18th out of 101 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malawi 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). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology)
Unit
DB17-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
102 places, 510 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The time to comply with VAT refund measures the time spent preparing and submitting the refund claim and the time spent preparing information for the tax officers, if, in 50% or more of cases, a company that requests a VAT cash refund arising from a capital purchase would be selected for an additional review. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.