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

Nepal: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) was 119 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
119 DB17-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 103 countries
All-time high
119 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
All-time low
119 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02550751001252015201720192015: 119 DB17-20 methodology2016: 119 DB17-20 methodology2017: 119 DB17-20 methodology2018: 119 DB17-20 methodology2019: 119 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 Nepal is 119 DB17-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

Nepal ranks 1st of 103 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) in Nepal, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) in Nepal, 2015 to 2019.
Year DB17-20 methodology Change
2015 119 DB17-20 methodology —
2016 119 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 119 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 119 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 119 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%

Nepal compared with similar countries

  • Nepal's 119 DB17-20 methodology is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.5 DB17-20 methodology, 3.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 2 Kiribati 88 DB17-20 methodology compare
  2. 3 Pakistan 84 DB17-20 methodology compare
  3. 4 Cote d'Ivoire 64 DB17-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in Nepal?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in Nepal was 119 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 Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 119 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 119 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
How does Nepal rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours)?
Nepal ranks 1st out of 103 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Nepal 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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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
103 places, 515 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.