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

Tonga: Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) was 42 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
42 DB17-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
13th
of 103 countries
All-time high
42 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
All-time low
42 DB17-20 methodology
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0102030402015201720192015: 42 DB17-20 methodology2016: 42 DB17-20 methodology2017: 42 DB17-20 methodology2018: 42 DB17-20 methodology2019: 42 DB17-20 methodology

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

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in Tonga stood at 42 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 Tonga 13th out of 103 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) in Tonga, 2015 to 2019.
Year DB17-20 methodology Change
2015 42 DB17-20 methodology —
2016 42 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2017 42 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2018 42 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%
2019 42 DB17-20 methodology +0.0%

Tonga compared with similar countries

  • Tonga's 42 DB17-20 methodology is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 DB17-20 methodology, 3.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
  • Tonga's 42 DB17-20 methodology is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8.5 DB17-20 methodology, 4.9× the median. (14 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 10 Ethiopia 47 DB17-20 methodology compare
  2. 10 Lebanon 47 DB17-20 methodology compare
  3. 12 Tunisia 45 DB17-20 methodology compare
  4. 13 Italy 42 DB17-20 methodology compare
  5. 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40 DB17-20 methodology compare
  6. 15 Jamaica 40 DB17-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in Tonga?
Paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) in Tonga was 42 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 Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 42 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours) recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 42 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
How does Tonga rank for paying taxes: time to comply with vat refund (hours)?
Tonga ranks 13th out of 103 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). 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.