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

New Zealand: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) was 2 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
2 DB17-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
87th
of 103 countries
All-time high
2 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
All-time low
2 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

00.511.522015201720192015: 2 DB17-20 methodology2016: 2 DB17-20 methodology2017: 2 DB17-20 methodology2018: 2 DB17-20 methodology2019: 2 DB17-20 methodology

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

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in New Zealand stood at 2 DB17-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places New Zealand 87th out of 103 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) in New Zealand, 2015 to 2019.
Year DB17-20 methodology Change
2015 2 DB17-20 methodology
2016 2 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 2 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 2 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 2 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 86 Lithuania 2.1 DB17-20 methodology compare
  2. 87 Austria 2 DB17-20 methodology compare
  3. 89 Mauritius 1.5 DB17-20 methodology compare
  4. 89 Switzerland 1.5 DB17-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in New Zealand?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in New Zealand was 2 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 2 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 2 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
How does New Zealand rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours)?
New Zealand ranks 87th out of 103 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this New Zealand 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.